Pisces  +  657043 Thu, 29 Jan 09 09:48 AM Hi i want to ask about the opposite of the verb " to fix" when something of your stuff goes .. you fix it or someone .. my laptop ( for example) i looked for it in the dictionary but found so many meanings and i don't know what is the right one in this sentence thanks Pisces Joined on Sun, Jul 8 2007 Mars New Member 46 Sentences

	English-coach  +  657044 Thu, 29 Jan 09 09:52 AM This is hard to answer because it depends on what you are fixing.  (That is why you found so many meanings)  But generally speaking I would say that Brake would be the opposite of fix. If you brake your computer, you fix it.  If something breaks you fix it.  If your camera breaks or stops working you fix it.  You can also fix problems though...but nothing breaks in that case.  If there is a problem then you can fix it. But generally speaking I would say Break. Hope that helps. Diana English-coach Joined on Wed, Jan 14 2009 New Member 07 I hope that I could answer your question properly. Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Kawthar.K.  +  657056 Thu, 29 Jan 09 10:14 AM English-coach “This is hard to answer because it depends on what you are fixing.  (That is why you found so many meanings)  But generally speaking I would say that Brake would be the opposite of fix. If you brake your computer, you fix it.  If something breaks you fix it.  If your camera breaks or stops working you fix it.  You can also fix problems though...but nothing breaks in that case.  If there is a problem then you can fix it. But generally speaking I would say Break. Hope that helps. Diana ” What does "Brake have to do with "Break"? Break is the correct spelling Or does Brake have the same connotation? Kawthar.K. Joined on Sun, Dec 7 2008 Kuwait; Junior Member 69 Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Philip  +  657299 Thu, 29 Jan 09 04:11 PM I'm not really a high-tech expert, but I believe that a computer crashes. By the way, I think the original break/brake conflict was just a simple error, because they sound the same (break being the correct word). Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,733 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Mistakes

	Pisces  +  657512 Thu, 29 Jan 09 09:59 PM Thanks to all of you for the replay but i didn't get your points is it right to say " he "broke" my playstation " if he "broke" the power button only , or the CD driver for example ?? Pisces

	CalifJim  +  657636 Fri, 30 Jan 09 01:46 AM Pisces “is it right to say " he "broke" my playstation "” Yes. He broke the power button. He broke the CD driver. He broke the switch. He broke the mouse. He broke the keyboard, He broke the joystick. He broke the speakers. He broke the microphone. He broke the monitor. He broke the TV. He broke the clock. He broke the lamp. He broke the table. He broke the chair. He broke the glass. He broke the window. If what he broke caused the whole thing to become inoperable, you can focus on either level. He broke the power button.  or  He broke the playstation. But don't get carried away.  If someone breaks a window of a house, you can't say that he broke the house!  CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,389 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche