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/SomeQuestionsAboutGrammar/gcnzv/post.htm#515180Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:42:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515180Belly0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutGrammar/gcnzv/post.htm#515180http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515180.xmlBut I have seen have sb do sth , too. So what&#39;s the difference between the two? Whereas, means inasmuch, but how about the other? it does mean &quot;although&quot;, we cannot say the meaning of a word if we don&#39;t put it in the right context. True thing happen to apart from, it has two opposite meaning, so I think the same happen here in whereas. Could you please go over it with more details?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutGrammar/gcnzv/post.htm#514799Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:42:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514799Marius Hancu1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutGrammar/gcnzv/post.htm#514799http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514799.xmlRe: have sb doing sth??? http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/29760-have-sb-doing-sth.html -- I&#39;d use: as much as but whereas is possible: ----- whereas ALTHOUGH &lt; whereas it is quite dangerous to draw conclusions ... one cannot avoid being struck with some gross changes -- Abram Kardiner&gt; http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com --- However, other meanings for whereas such as -- whereas considering that : in view of the fact that : SINCE when in fact : while on the contrary : the case being in truth that -- used to introduce a statement in opposition or contrast to a preceding or sometimes following statement ------ would make me avoid it here.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutGrammar/gcnzv/post.htmWed, 27 May 2009 01:42:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514798Belly2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutGrammar/gcnzv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514798.xmlThese questions I encountered on my final exam 1) Why did you send the children away? I won&#39;t have them __ soccer near my rose beds! a) play b) playing Trouble is here. I couldn&#39;t decide one of them, please help me 2) Are you satisfied with your new secrectary? __ I like her, she&#39;s not the best person for the job a) Whereas b) as much as I wonder why a doesn&#39;t make any sense, please help