Marxist  +  431096 Mon, 15 Oct 07 05:24 PM I found 'under way','in progress','afoot'have almost identical meaning,how to distinguish them? Marxist Joined on Sun, Mar 11 2007 Junior Member 59

	Grammar Geek  +  431134 Mon, 15 Oct 07 08:06 PM "Afoot" is rarely used. A project is in progress, a party is under way. Can you write a few sentences in which you're not sure which one you'd use and we can tell you if one would sound more natural than the other? Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,671 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!