Anonymous  +  380584 Sun, 17 Jun 07 10:01 AM Hello everybody, I have a question that vexes me for not so long. He arrived home safe and sound. Does it mean that he was safe before he arrived and he continued to be in a state of safety afterwards? To me it means he got in a state of safety exactly at the time of his arrival onwards. Opinions? ------------------- 1. He arrived home so(=with the result that, in such a way as to end in) that he was safe. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=so&r=66 16, so = "in such a way as to end in" 18, so = "with the result that" 2. He arrived home safe. Is there even a slight difference between #1 and #2? Thanks a lot in advance Anonymous Difference Between

	Yoong Liat  +  380591 Sun, 17 Jun 07 10:29 AM  Anonymous wrote: Hello everybody, I have a question that vexes me for not so long. He arrived home safe and sound. (Same meaning as the sentence #2.) 16, so = "in such a way as to end in" 18, so = "with the result that" 2. He arrived home safe. safely. Is there even a slight difference between #1 and #2? (They have the same meaning.)   Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757 Difference Between

	Stannum  +  380593 Sun, 17 Jun 07 10:32 AM G'day Anon, To arrive home safe and sound has nothing to do with his mode of arrival rather it is a comment on his person. He is safe (no longer in danger) and sound (not injured or wounded). It sounds like a phrase of military origin that has crept into mainstream use. STannum Stannum Joined on Fri, Oct 28 2005 Melbourne Australia Regular Member 526

	Maya2  +  380594 Sun, 17 Jun 07 10:32 AM hello Liat, Both safe and safely work. He arrived safe -- safe is a subject comlement He arrived safely -- safely, an adv,  modifies arrived, Thanks, anyway Maya2 Joined on Wed, Feb 28 2007 Junior Member 81

	Yoong Liat  +  380605 Sun, 17 Jun 07 11:32 AM  Maya2 wrote: hello Liat, Both safe and safely work. He arrived safe -- safe is a subject comlement He arrived safely -- safely, an adv,  modifies arrived, Cardinal Gino Baggio has returned safe and sound to Italy, the faithful ... and aid us - and to prepare a greeting for our great visitors when they arrive. ... users.ox.ac.uk/~rpgsoc/oldsite/inferno/news1880.html - 39k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages Life's Goal Is Not To Arrive Safely At The Gravesite In A Well Preserved Body, But Rather To Come Skidding In Sideways, Totally Worn Out And Shouting: "HOLY ... climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=2982 - 35k - Cached - Similar pages It's called the Millennium Mound, and has a beacon atop, though I've no idea why the mound is there. Mound. 01:40:00 Arrive safely home. Have a cup of tea. ... users.ox.ac.uk/~pemb0246/bikeride/ - 18k - GNB5Sr_CfIJ:users.ox.ac.uk/~pemb0246/bikeride/+arrive+safely&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&ie=UTF-8">Cached - Similar pages Yoong Liat

	Yankee  +  380633 Sun, 17 Jun 07 12:52 PM Hi Anon "Safe and sound" is an idiom which means 'unhurt' or 'unharmed'.  Your sentence refers to his unhurt state at the time of of his arrival. It tells you that he was not hurt as he was traveling home.  Your sentence says nothing about what happened after he arrived home. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,506 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Idioms

	nona the brit  +  380701 Sun, 17 Jun 07 03:19 PM Only 2 sounds like a natural sentence, so I'm not sure that looking at the others really helps. But no, I don't think they all mean the same thing. Some show that the journey home was safe, others that he is is safe now he is home. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Yoong Liat  +  380718 Sun, 17 Jun 07 04:11 PM  Nona The Brit wrote: Only 2 sounds like a natural sentence, so I'm not sure that looking at the others really helps. 2. He arrived home safe. 2 (a) He arrived home safely. Are both sentences correct? I thought it should "I arrived home safe and sound", not just 'safe'. Yoong Liat