Itasan  +  179168 Thu, 05 Jan 06 02:07 AM Is the following understanding correct? 1. He tried to stop his knees trembling. - BrE 2. He tried to stop his knees from trembling. - AmE Thank you. Itasan Joined on Wed, May 11 2005 Japan Full Member 402

	nona the brit  +  179290 Thu, 05 Jan 06 11:29 AM We would use either version in BrE. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Coolioo  +  179329 Thu, 05 Jan 06 01:26 PM I think both of them are current in terms of grammar, but they have different meanings 1 implies his knees are being trembling, and he tried to stop that trembling; 2 implies his knees are NOT being trembling, and he tried to prevent his knees from trembling; The "stop" in 2 is equivalent to prevent, I think... Coolioo Joined on Thu, Jan 5 2006 Australia New Member 08 Not a native english speaker, but close.. Grammar