Lcchang  +  242225 Mon, 03 Jul 06 05:29 AM Dear teachers, Do they make any difference? The wood is on fire. The wood is on the fire. LCChang Lcchang Joined on Mon, Feb 27 2006 Northern Taiwan Contributing Member 1,078 Life will never end.

	Clive  +  242234 Mon, 03 Jul 06 05:46 AM Hi, Do they make any difference? Yes. The wood is on fire. It is burning. The wood is on the fire. It is sitting on a pile of burning stuff. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,594 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

	Grammar Geek  +  242420 Mon, 03 Jul 06 07:19 PM Indeed. If someone said "Your shirt is on fire!" you have cause to be quite alarmed. If someone said "Your shirt is on the fire," you have cause to be annoyed. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,655 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	milky  +  242455 Mon, 03 Jul 06 10:01 PM  Grammar Geek wrote: If someone said "Your shirt is on the fire," you have cause to be annoyed. And if you were still in the shirt? !!! milky Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004 Senior Member 3,149 Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought". Grammar

	Grammar Geek  +  242507 Tue, 04 Jul 06 05:09 AM Then perhaps you might have noticed before being told? Grammar Geek

	milky  +  242547 Tue, 04 Jul 06 09:26 AM  Grammar Geek wrote: Then perhaps you might have noticed before being told? I know a few drunken Brits who wouldn't realise until it was too late. ;-) milky Grammar

	nona the brit  +  242559 Tue, 04 Jul 06 10:15 AM Moi? Never! nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.