http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndefinitelyVsForever/zqbvp/post.htm#496585Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:36:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:496585New2grammar0http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndefinitelyVsForever/zqbvp/post.htm#496585http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-496585.xml<p>LOL. Thanks Clive. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndefinitelyVsForever/zqbbz/post.htm#496524Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:19:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:496524Clive1http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndefinitelyVsForever/zqbbz/post.htm#496524http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-496524.xml<p>Hi,</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">The goverment warned that&nbsp;it would not let the strike continue [indefinitely/forever]</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Is there any difference between the two choices? </font><font color="#000000">Yes.</font></p> <p><strong>indefinitely </strong>- the idea is &#39;without any time limit being set&#39;.</p> <p><strong>forever -</strong> the idea is &#39;until the end of time&#39;.</p> <p>Consider these two statements.<img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" title="Big Smile" /></p> <p><em>My mother-in-law is coming to stay with me <strong>indefinitely</strong></em>. ie She hasn&#39;t told me the date&nbsp;she plans to leave.</p> <p><em>My mother-in-law is staying with me <strong>forever</strong></em><strong>.</strong> ie She will never leave. &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>However, informally we sometimes use &#39;forever&#39; to refer merely to something that seems like a very long time.</p> <p>eg The movie was boring. It went on forever.</p> <p>Best wishes, Clive</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndefinitelyVsForever/zqbrp/post.htmFri, 04 Apr 2008 12:00:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:496517New2grammar2http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndefinitelyVsForever/zqbrp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-496517.xml<p>The goverment warned that&nbsp;it would not let the strike continue [indefinitely/forever]</p> <p>Is there any difference between the two choices?</p> <p>Thanks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>