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: 3615.29165)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htm#239290Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:21:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:239290Marius Hancu0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htm#239290http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-239290.xmlGo over to is in some contexts going to a place for doing something who didn't want her boyfriend to go over to a female friend's apartment for dinner I did go over to her house for dinner with a group It isn't very clear in your context where they would go to.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htm#239271Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:21:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:239271Marius Hancu1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htm#239271http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-239271.xmlcheck this site first for idioms: http://www.answers.com/topic/a-snowball-s-chance-in-hellhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htm#239247Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:21:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:239247milky2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htm#239247http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-239247.xmlStevenukd wrote: Dear Teachers, 1. She invited me to go over with them for dinner. - "over" here is used to emphasize, right? 2. From what you've described, I don't think you have a snowball's chance in heck. - What does "have a snowball's chance in heck" mean here? 3. I think you're going to have to be mature and reasonable, and realize the time has come to call it quits. - What does "the time has come to call it quits" mean here? Thanks very much to Teachers, Stevenukd. The actual expression is "a snowball's chance in Hell". Imagine how hot it is supposed to be in down in Hell and then imagine how long a snowball would last down there. "To call it quits" is to stop doing something, normally...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 20:21:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:239245Stevenukd3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SnowballsChance/cxlxv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-239245.xmlDear Teachers, 1. She invited me to go over with them for dinner. - "over" here is used to emphasize, right? 2. From what you've described, I don't think you have a snowball's chance in heck. - What does "have a snowball's chance in heck" mean here? 3. I think you're going to have to be mature and reasonable, and realize the time has come to call it quits. - What does "the time has come to call it quits" mean here? Thanks very much to Teachers, Stevenukd.