User_gary  +  314248 Fri, 12 Jan 07 06:05 AM His statement was tantamount with a confession? What is the meaning of `tantamount'. Also please check whether the preposition `with' is correct or wrong in this sentence. User_gary Joined on Fri, Jan 5 2007 Senior Member 2,574 Honesty is the best policy Prepositions

	Clive  +  314263 Fri, 12 Jan 07 06:38 AM Hi, Have you tried looking up 'tantamount' in a dictionary? It's tantamount to. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,657 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

	User_gary  +  314351 Fri, 12 Jan 07 01:32 PM  Clive wrote: Hi, Have you tried looking up 'tantamount' in a dictionary? It's tantamount to. Best wishes, Clive Here is what my dictionary says, tantamount ---------- having the bad effect as sth else.  (I could not understand the whole sentence) Could you suggest some good dictionary sites so that I could find out there any other vocabulary? User_gary Vocabulary

	Philip  +  314415 Fri, 12 Jan 07 04:07 PM  User_gary wrote:  Clive wrote: Hi, Have you tried looking up 'tantamount' in a dictionary? It's tantamount to. Best wishes, Clive Here is what my dictionary says, tantamount ---------- having the bad effect as sth else.  (I could not understand the whole sentence) Could you suggest some good dictionary sites so that I could find out there any other vocabulary? As heretical as this may sound in this age of high technology, I would suggest a good hard-back printed dictionary.  I use American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, but that wouldn't be the best in England or some other places in the world.  Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Vocabulary

	pieanne  +  314417 Fri, 12 Jan 07 04:10 PM Tantamout to means "similar to", "having the same value as". pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...