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/Late/vnhcp/post.htm#400073Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:23:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:400073Belly0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Late/vnhcp/post.htm#400073http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-400073.xmlThanks clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Late/vnhcp/post.htm#400032Wed, 27 May 2009 05:23:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:400032Clive1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Late/vnhcp/post.htm#400032http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-400032.xmlHi, How it is different between Late and Belated? ex: a Belated birthday, late dinner We had a late dinner. The word 'late' has various meanings. You need to check your dictionary for all of them. Here are a couple. It can suggest a problem, 'after the correct or normal time'. Or it can just mean 'far into the night', eg 'we usually eat dinner late' can mean that we usually eat dinner at 10pm. We had a belated dinner 'Lateness' was a problem with this dinner. It was not just late, it was too late. Note that the word 'late' is used much, much more commonly than the word 'belated'. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Late/vnhcp/post.htmMon, 27 Apr 2009 05:23:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:400025Belly2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Late/vnhcp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-400025.xmlHow it is different between Late and Belated? ex: a Belated birthday, late dinner