JCDenton  +  599132 Sat, 29 Nov 08 09:11 PM Hi guys, please how do you understand this sentence? "The sins of the father will be visited upon the son." I have an dilemma here, does it mean... a) The sins of the father affects the son...? b) The sins of the father will be transfered on his son? In the other words, the son will be like his father? In the meaning that he will be commiting the same sins? Many thanks in advance!   Best Regards JCD JCDenton Joined on Tue, Jul 3 2007 Regular Member 658

	Clive  +  599146 Sat, 29 Nov 08 09:32 PM Hi, The son will be punished for his father's sins. Usually by the son's being the victim of the same kind of sin, eg the father steals, and later someone steals from the son. ( It doesn't seem fair, does it? ) Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,301 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

	JCDenton  +  599268 Sun, 30 Nov 08 12:22 AM Thanks Clive! Your definition fits into my context. Father of one teenager boy left him and his mother high and dry. That teenager boy has grown up and he did the same thing to his son...In the other word he commited the same sin as his father...Sentence, which I posted in this thread, was an reaction on that fact. thanks again for help! oops,  it's really late here in europe...:-( Best Regards JCD         JCDenton

	Grammar Geek  +  599478 Sun, 30 Nov 08 04:46 AM  Actually, JCD, that doesn't fit. Let's say a man was not a nice person, and he stole from someone. That someone then makes life miserable for the first man's son. That's the case of the sins of the father being visited on the son.   In your situation, the sins of the father were REPEATED by the son. By the way: Explain this sentence to me, not Explain me this sentence. :) Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,508 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!

	JCDenton  +  600275 Sun, 30 Nov 08 09:09 PM Hi GG, Grammar Geek “ Actually, JCD, that doesn't fit. Let's say a man was not a nice person, and he stole from someone. That someone then makes life miserable for the first man's son. That's the case of the sins of the father being visited on the son. ” Ah, many thanks for correction... Grammar Geek “ Actually, JCD, that doesn't fit. By the way: Explain this sentence to me, not Explain me this sentence. :) ” ....Thanks again.. Please GG, do you have some tips for me how to improve my ability of putting the english words in the right order ? Because I don't know any tricks except of living in the english speaking country... thanks again for your additional comment.  Best Regards JCD      JCDenton

	Grammar Geek  +  600572 Mon, 01 Dec 08 02:56 AM  I've seen the "explain me" mistake in many, many English learners. It doesn't fit the pattern you've learned. Give me the book = Give the book to me. Send her the letter = Send the letter to her. But "explain me this sentence" doesn't work that way.  Just one of the ones you'll have to memorize, I guess.     Grammar Geek

	JCDenton  +  602116 Tue, 02 Dec 08 10:55 AM Thanks GG, I'll try to cram that into my head...:-)) Best Regards JCD     JCDenton

	Clive  +  653128 Sat, 24 Jan 09 02:17 PM Hi, Thisis hard for the reader. You need to revise it to ensure that each sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period. Best wishes, Clive Clive Capital Letters, Sentences, Writing