http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplyPut/cgbxq/post.htm#197165Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:38:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:197165Chunes0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplyPut/cgbxq/post.htm#197165http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-197165.xmlStevenukd wrote: What does “simply put” mean here? Ideally, it means the statement following simply put is a summary of a potentially long explanation. It's a flag informing us the statement that follows is simple and lacks details. In practice, simply put is usually meaningless. It's often used as an unnecessary filler phrase at the beginning of a sentence along with similar words like basically and essentially. Phrases like these rarely add anything to a sentence so I avoid them.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplyPut/cgbxq/post.htm#197073Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:38:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:197073Clive1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplyPut/cgbxq/post.htm#197073http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-197073.xmlHi, If there’s something that ya want, just keep on pushing for ‘em. -This means “…If you really want to obtain or achieve something, just keep on trying and struggling for success.”? 2.Now what ya wanna do, I will leave that up to you. -This means “……………….., I will leave that to you so you can do whatever you like”, right? I'll let you decide what you want to do. 3.My boss is cheating on his wife, and this is really eating at me. -What does “this is really eating at me” mean here? It's bothering me a lot, causing me a lot of mental anguish and unhappiness. 4.He has been screwed over by every girl he’s liked. -“Screwed over” here means “to be cheated on”, right? Perhaps, but necessarily. Could just be that they caused him a lot of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplyPut/cgbxq/post.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 20:38:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:197063Stevenukd2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplyPut/cgbxq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-197063.xmlDear Teachers, 1.If there’s something that ya want, just keep on pushing for ‘em. -This means “……………………………….., just keep on pursuing them”, right? 2.Now what ya wanna do, I will leave that up to you. -This means “……………….., I will leave that to you so you can do whatever you like”, right? 3.My boss is cheating on his wife, and this is really eating at me. -What does “this is really eating at me” mean here? 4.He has been screwed over by every girl he’s liked. -“Screwed over” here means “to be cheated on”, right? 5.If you begin to act needy, it will be a turnoff to him. -What does “turnoff” mean here? 6.A: Those mean “ we will love each other forever”, right man? B: Simply put, yes! -What does “simply put” mean here? Thanks a lot to...