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: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234507Tue, 26 May 2009 06:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234507CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234507http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234507.xmlWith all due respect, I know the collocated words "fall on" is perfectly acceptable in the context you had it on/in?? But to use it to refer to the date or day of a person's anniversary gives a rather worn-out impression on the occasion marked as the special day worthy of your remembrance.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234474Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234474RedPenCJ1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234474http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234474.xmlBoth of those are OK.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234433Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234433Believer2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234433http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234433.xmlThank you. Could I make the questions out the simple examples you gave like this? I feel sick -- Do you feel sick? I am feeling sick -- Are you feeling sick? And both would convey the approximately (not that I am measuring anything) the same meaning?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234431Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234431Believer3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234431http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234431.xmlWith all due respect, I know the collocated words "fall on" is perfectly acceptable in the context you had it on/in?? But to use it to refer to the date or day of a person's anniversary gives a rather worn-out impression on the occasion marked as the special day worthy of your remembrance.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234284Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234284CalifJim4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234284http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234284.xmlThere's always the possibiliity of asking What day did your last anniversary fall on? CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234261Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234261Clive5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234261http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234261.xmlHi guys, 1. Is this sentence correct? Why not delete the preposition "on" and write as : Which day was your last anniversary? On which day was your last anniversary? Either is OK. It depends on whether you are thinking of the anniversary as an event or as a date. 2. I thought the uses of the verbs "do" and "are" are very different and leave very little room for confusion but are these sentences valid? Their meaning seems to be slightly different though. Do you feel like a king? Are you feeling like a king? Obviously, you need a context for this 'king' stuff. Your question really seems to be about Simple Present versus Present Continuous. Let's look at simpler examples. I feel sick. I am feeling sick. These...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234178Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234178Marius Hancu6http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htm#234178http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234178.xml2. Are you feeling like a king? I don't think this is right, feel is a non-progressive verb: http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/prgverbchrt.htmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 06:23:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:234170Believer7http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsOnGrammar/cnlvm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-234170.xml1. Is this sentence correct? Why not delete the preposition "on" and write as : Which day was your last anniversary? On which day was your last anniversary? 2. I thought the uses of the verbs "do" and "are" are very different and leave very little room for confusion but are these sentences valid? Their meaning seems to be slightly different though. Do you feel like a king? Are you feeling like a king?