MrPedantic  +  190057 Sat, 28 Jan 06 05:46 PM Actually, "she's good at the piano" lends itself to innuendo. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Clive  +  190069 Sat, 28 Jan 06 06:12 PM Hi, Really, MrP. I didn't know you were musical. I thought I showed restraint in not commenting on She's a good girl behind the piano. Let's not even start with She's good on the piano. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,668 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	MrPedantic  +  190203 Sun, 29 Jan 06 12:54 AM Seems to me we know the same pianist, Clive. MrPedantic

	Itasan  +  190210 Sun, 29 Jan 06 01:31 AM  Forbes wrote: In front of the piano would usually be used to refer to someone standing near the piano on the same side as the keyboard. Behind the piano would mean you were on the other side. (Don't ask about grand pianos which have three sides!) Thank you very much. 1. You sit BEHIND the (steering)wheel, right? (In Japanese we say 'sit in front of the wheel'.) 2. If you are sitting at the desk, are you sitting BEHIND the desk or IN FRONT OF the desk? 3. If you sit at the piano, you sit IN FRONT OF the piano, right? I'm confused. Itasan Joined on Wed, May 11 2005 Japan Full Member 402

	MrPedantic  +  190213 Sun, 29 Jan 06 01:46 AM Hello Itasan You sit "at" your own desk. When you visit your bank manager, though, he sits "behind" his desk. You "sit down at" the piano. You wouldn't say "in front of" for the ordinary business of playing the thing. MrP MrPedantic

	Itasan  +  190216 Sun, 29 Jan 06 02:07 AM  MrPedantic wrote: Hello Itasan You sit "at" your own desk. When you visit your bank manager, though, he sits "behind" his desk. You "sit down at" the piano. You wouldn't say "in front of" for the ordinary business of playing the thing. MrP Thank you very much, MrP. Itasan

	HSS  +  190248 Sun, 29 Jan 06 06:47 AM Do you normally use this construction "be good with" with people, such as in, "He is good with young students"? Hiro/ Sendai, Japan HSS Constructions