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: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287152Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:52:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:287152Marius Hancu0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287152http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-287152.xmlClive wrote: 'Put my mind away from . . . ' is not an idiomatic phrase. That might be the case. The New York Times only reports: take/steer/pull/turn/keep my mind away fromhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287133Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:52:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:287133Grammar Geek1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287133http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-287133.xmlAs long as your audience knows what it was that happened at the barber shop. (You can also say "that" barber shop incident.) You may be looking for the phrase "clear my head."http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287132Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:52:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:287132BW2/32http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287132http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-287132.xmlThank you very much Marius Hancu and Clive! Can I say: I need to get some fresh air and stop thinking about the barber shop incident. Once again, thank youhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287128Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:52:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:287128Clive3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287128http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-287128.xmlHi, 'Put my mind away from . . . ' is not an idiomatic phrase. Consider something like 'distract myself from . . . ' Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287124Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:52:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:287124Marius Hancu4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htm#287124http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-287124.xmlI need to get some fresh air and put my mind away FROM (DOING) something bad.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htmThu, 23 Apr 2009 07:52:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:287123BW2/35http://www.englishforums.com/English/Put/dhhwk/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-287123.xmlI need to get some fresh air and put my mind away something bad. Is this sentence correct? Thank you