hhhu  +  60667 Fri, 10 Dec 04 03:01 PM Hello pals, How u doing all? well, can anyone tell me is this right or not..? "What if I were giving a paper" be quick plzz. Thanx, HS hhhu Joined on Fri, Dec 10 2004 New Member 02 Grammar, English Grammar

	fluffyzzz  +  60691 Fri, 10 Dec 04 06:17 PM What is the context of your sentence? I think that I would say in this situation is "What if I were presenting a paper." But I'm not positive if that's what you're trying to say. Later fluffyzzz Joined on Thu, Dec 2 2004 Gainesville, Florida, USA New Member 15 ^ the opinion of an american college freshmen

	hhhu  +  60695 Fri, 10 Dec 04 07:04 PM Hi, Yes, you are quite close to what i meant to ask... let me elaborate abit more. The situation is like when someone doesn't know when is your exam going to start and wishes you best of luck just randomly,and then you reply him/her by this msg that " 'what if I were giving paper' or already given and you are wishing me now! "... (in other words trying to say that he/she is quite late or sooner to wish)... Huuff... hope you get my point now, what im exactly trying to find out... Thanks, HS hhhu

	nona the brit  +  60949 Sun, 12 Dec 04 10:14 AM 'giving paper' does not make sense to me, does it relate to an idiom in your native language? You would just say, 'thanks! but I took it last week' or something similar. I can't think of an English idiomatic reply for this. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Idioms

	pieanne  +  115024 Sun, 03 Jul 05 05:43 PM What if I were given a paper? (if someone gave me a paper?) (I'd light my fire with it) ... ? pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...