BW2/3  +  287123 Sun, 29 Oct 06 09:43 PM I need to get some fresh air and put my mind away something bad.  Is this sentence correct? Thank you BW2/3 Joined on Sat, Oct 22 2005 Contributing Member 1,283 Carpe diem!!

	Clive  +  287128 Sun, 29 Oct 06 09:54 PM Hi, 'Put my mind away from . . . ' is not an idiomatic phrase. Consider something like 'distract myself from  . . . ' Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,300 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

	BW2/3  +  287132 Sun, 29 Oct 06 10:01 PM Thank you very much Marius Hancu and Clive!  Can I say: I need to get some fresh air and stop thinking about the barber shop incident.   Once again, thank you BW2/3

	Grammar Geek  +  287133 Sun, 29 Oct 06 10:04 PM As long as your audience knows what it was that happened at the barber shop. (You can also say "that" barber shop incident.) You may be looking for the phrase "clear my head." Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 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!

	Marius Hancu  +  287152 Sun, 29 Oct 06 10:33 PM  Clive wrote: 'Put my mind away from . . . ' is not an idiomatic phrase. That might be the case. The New York Times only reports: take/steer/pull/turn/keep my mind away from Marius Hancu