Nano  +  259387 Sat, 26 Aug 06 01:23 AM Does any differenece between the sentence to be delayed to delayed Thanks Nano Joined on Wed, May 3 2006 Full Member 139

	Tu Yu  +  259404 Sat, 26 Aug 06 03:13 AM Be done & To do something: Be done:             The bus was delayed by a cloudburst.             Her plan was delayed because of she has not finished her report. To do somthing:            We dicided to delay our holiday until next month.            He wants to delay this test. Tu Yu Tu Yu Joined on Sat, Aug 26 2006 Wuxi Jiang China New Member 02 Tony

	Grammar Geek  +  259409 Sat, 26 Aug 06 04:16 AM Nano, if *I* make the decision to do something later than planned, I have delayed. I decided to delay my trip for a few days when I caught a cold. I delayed my trip for a few days. If something else prevents me from leaving when planned, I have been delayed. I wanted to leave work right on time today, but I was delayed by my boss, who had a question. My departure was delayed by about half an hour. Does that help? Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,650 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!