http://www.englishforums.com/English/All discussions and questionsen-GBxC 7.1.24326http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatOppositeSentence/bvwhxx/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 21:39:29 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatOppositeSentence/bvwhxx/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatOppositeSentence/bvwhxx/post.htmHow would you express the opposite? Further? The game was a lot closer than the score reflects. The game was a lot closer than score indicates. Which is correct reflect or indicates? Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowWouldWriteSentence/bvwhxn/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 21:36:32 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowWouldWriteSentence/bvwhxn/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowWouldWriteSentence/bvwhxn/post.htmThe idea of running the pasta under cold water is to stop the pasta from cooking further and becoming mushy. The idea of running the pasta under cold water is to stop the pasta cooking further and becoming mushy. Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/2DaysWorthOf/bvwhxj/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 21:09:53 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/2DaysWorthOf/bvwhxj/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/2DaysWorthOf/bvwhxj/post.htmIs this correct English? I have 2 days worth of food for $20. Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InASocalContext/bvwhxw/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 21:08:52 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InASocalContext/bvwhxw/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InASocalContext/bvwhxw/post.htmIs 'be seen with you in a social context' natural? If you're women wants to go out and be seen with you in a social context, the following might apply to you. Is 'in that setting' natural and correct? I didn't necessarily want to go to my graduation but I did because my parents wanted to see me in that setting. Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PrescriptionGlasses/bvwhxg/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 21:02:47 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PrescriptionGlasses/bvwhxg/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PrescriptionGlasses/bvwhxg/post.htmIs this good English? These new glasses don't fit my prescription. My head hurts. The prescription is too strong. Check your prescription. You might need to get different glasses. Your prescription is off. Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToHaveToPerfectInfinitive/bvwhnk/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 20:33:05 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToHaveToPerfectInfinitive/bvwhnk/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToHaveToPerfectInfinitive/bvwhnk/post.htmHello, I've recently found out that I can use "have (got) to" to say that something must be true or happen (The Oxford Dictionary). Now, I'd like to know whether there is any difference between: "It must have cost you a lot." "It has to have cost you a lot." "It had to have cost you a lot." Thank you.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhnd/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 20:09:14 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhnd/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhnd/post.htmIf my mother comes, I would go to schoolhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaProblem/bvwhnc/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 20:01:02 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaProblem/bvwhnc/post.htmAskAndAnswerhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaProblem/bvwhnc/post.htmTrying to figure out which of these sounds better. The mounds across the caliginous vastness are brewing with horrific sounds. The mounds, across the caliginous vastness, are brewing with horrific sounds. The mounds across the caliginous vastness, are brewing with horrific sounds. Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Wish/bvwhnr/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:41 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Wish/bvwhnr/post.htmblueblooded65http://www.englishforums.com/English/Wish/bvwhnr/post.htmPlease someone changes this sentence using "wish" I shouldn't have eaten so many cookies last night. Which one is right? I wished I wouldn't eat so many cookies last night. or I wish I hadn't eaten so many cookies last night. ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisCompletelyCorrect/bvwhmp/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 19:23:00 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisCompletelyCorrect/bvwhmp/post.htmcboutin3http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisCompletelyCorrect/bvwhmp/post.htmRaistlin also spent time conducting experiments, and created the Chamber of Seeing within the depths of the Tower, which was a giant pool of water that he could use for scrying.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PermissionLetterVacation/bvwhmx/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 19:12:25 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PermissionLetterVacation/bvwhmx/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PermissionLetterVacation/bvwhmx/post.htmHi, With due respect I would like to ask permission from your good office that I will go to L.A to spend my 2 weeks local vacation with my husband but I will leave this july 2 after duty hours and i will come back on july 18.my husband will responsible during my vacation. hoping for your kind consideration! thank youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisWordedCorrectly/bvwhmm/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 19:10:55 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisWordedCorrectly/bvwhmm/post.htmcboutin3http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisWordedCorrectly/bvwhmm/post.htmThe younger of twins, Raistlin was a difficult birth, which almost caused the death of his mother.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhlq/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 18:40:30 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhlq/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhlq/post.htmis "gang" considered plural?http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnParAtPar/bvwhln/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:22 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/OnParAtPar/bvwhln/post.htmaditileohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/OnParAtPar/bvwhln/post.htmWhen we say that two things are of same level, what do we say "at par with each other" or "on par with each other"?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WeInterviewDentistAboutWhetherThrow-Basketball/bvwhlj/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 18:11:28 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WeInterviewDentistAboutWhetherThrow-Basketball/bvwhlj/post.htmMichelle Chahttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WeInterviewDentistAboutWhetherThrow-Basketball/bvwhlj/post.htm1. We don't interview the dentist about whether he can throw a basketball. 2. We don't interview the dentist about if he can throw a basketball. Is it correct to have an 'if clause' as an object of a preposition like sentence 2?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Salutation/bvwhlw/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 18:07:21 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Salutation/bvwhlw/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Salutation/bvwhlw/post.htmWhat is the proper business salutation when addressing a mother and son that has the same last name. (mother is not married)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhlh/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 17:58:52 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhlh/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Default/bvwhlh/post.htmwhat are the difficulties facing the second language learners?http://www.englishforums.com/English/AsSeen/bvwhlc/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:49 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AsSeen/bvwhlc/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AsSeen/bvwhlc/post.htmI'm looking for sentence with 'as seen' How would you start sentence 1? 1 .... as seen in the movie X. Is sentence 2 correct? This is the football field as seen with a Catadioptric camera. Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichWordIsCorrect/bvwhkp/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:37 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichWordIsCorrect/bvwhkp/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichWordIsCorrect/bvwhkp/post.htmWe’re not [of / part of / from] the same generation. We don’t belong to the same generation.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichIsCorrect/bvwhkj/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 17:11:38 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichIsCorrect/bvwhkj/post.htmAnonymoushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichIsCorrect/bvwhkj/post.htmWhat do your taxes go towards? What do your tax dollars go towards? Where do your tax dollars go? Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCorrectMyStatement/bvwhkv/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 17:06:48 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCorrectMyStatement/bvwhkv/post.htmmizansinha007http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCorrectMyStatement/bvwhkv/post.htm#1. An application for joining in/at the next class. Which one is correct? #2.1. I could not join at the last class. #2.2. I have never joined at the last class. My 1st question is that, Does (2.1) make any sense in an application? And which one is more accurate for application. Thanks in advance everyone.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ConfusionWithStructure/bvwhjl/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:47:49 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ConfusionWithStructure/bvwhjl/post.htmmizansinha007http://www.englishforums.com/English/ConfusionWithStructure/bvwhjl/post.htmHi, everyone, I hope all of you are well.Please help me as follows, Is this kind of structure correct? #1. I could have access in that laboratory. here, access is a noun. now my question is that, Is it possible to use "noun" after 'could have'? Yes, I know it is possible to use V3 after 'could have'. Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisCompletelyCorrect/bvwhjh/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:43:46 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisCompletelyCorrect/bvwhjh/post.htmcboutin3http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsThisCompletelyCorrect/bvwhjh/post.htmKhellendros was later informed about Mina, the prophet of the One God, by her blue dragon servant Smalt, and a meeting was arranged between the two at the overlord’s lair in the Vingaard Mountains.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ManOrMen/bvwhjb/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:13 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ManOrMen/bvwhjb/post.htmAskAndAnswerhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ManOrMen/bvwhjb/post.htmHere I'm trying to use "man" or "men" to represent all humankind on planet Earth. Which of these would be correct without an unintentional implication that I am only talking about male species? All men will perish from the planet. All man will perish from the planet. I need to use men or man because of the amount of beats within the line. It has to be written in iambic tetrameter(with four beats per line). da dum, da dum, da dum, da dum. — is the formula here. Having said that, can I use "men"? Thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Meaning/bvwhwn/post.htmTue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:42 GMThttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Meaning/bvwhwn/post.htmhanuman_2000http://www.englishforums.com/English/Meaning/bvwhwn/post.htmHello, Any number that is used to describe a physical phenomenon quantitatively is called a physical quantity. Here , I am not able to understand the meaning of the sentence. The last part "is called a physical quantity" is for "any number" or for "a physical phenomenon". Could any one here explain it? Thanks.