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/StoppedInto/gcxbh/post.htm#515022Sat, 17 May 2008 22:43:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515022Huevos0http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcxbh/post.htm#515022http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515022.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>New2grammar</strong></div><div>By the way, I noticed you use the word shop, whereas the original &#39;store&#39;. Are they interchangable in general?</div></BLOCKQUOTE> I didn&#39;t do it on purpose, it&#39;s just that I&#39;m not an American so I say shop.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcxrc/post.htm#515000Sat, 17 May 2008 20:59:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515000New2grammar1http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcxrc/post.htm#515000http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515000.xml<p>The difference is pretty clear. Thanks, Huevos!</p> <p>By the way, I noticed you use the word shop, whereas the original &#39;store&#39;. Are they interchangable in general?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqp/post.htm#514996Sat, 17 May 2008 20:46:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514996Huevos3http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqp/post.htm#514996http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514996.xml<p><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>New2grammar</strong></div><div></p><p>Is stop in equal to stop by? I usually hear native speakers say &#39;stop by&#39;.</p></div></BLOCKQUOTE> &quot;Stop by&quot; means to make a brief visit on one&#39;s way elsewhere whereas &quot;stop into&quot; in this context means to by chance, i.e. he was going to buy a lottery ticket and for no particular reason chose that shop.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqm/post.htm#514993Sat, 17 May 2008 20:19:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514993New2grammar3http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqm/post.htm#514993http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514993.xml<p>Ummm...Pretty...Don&#39;t worry. I won&#39;t ask for further details. <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><br />Thanks, Clive.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqw/post.htm#514989Sat, 17 May 2008 20:12:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514989Clive4http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqw/post.htm#514989http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514989.xml<p>Hi,</p> <p>They&#39;re pretty similar.</p> <p>Clive</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqb/post.htm#514982Sat, 17 May 2008 19:29:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514982New2grammar5http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnqb/post.htm#514982http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514982.xml<p>Is stop in equal to stop by? I usually hear native speakers say &#39;stop by&#39;.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnpn/post.htm#514977Sat, 17 May 2008 19:17:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514977Clive6http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnpn/post.htm#514977http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514977.xml<p>Hi,</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">A lucky lottery player &nbsp;<strong>(</strong>who <strong>stopped in)</strong>&nbsp; <strong>(</strong>to a suburban Cincinnati liquor store<strong>)</strong> has a Mega Millions ticket worth $196 million.</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff">1. What&#39;s the meaning of stopped in to?&nbsp; </font><font color="#000000">(stop in) means<strong> visit</strong> someplace<strong> casually and for a short time</strong>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">eg If you&#39;re in my neighbourhood, <strong>stop in.</strong> I&#39;d love to see you.</font></p> <p>As shown by my brackets, the &#39;to&#39; goes with the phrase &#39;to a . .&nbsp; store&#39;.&nbsp;</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Does it imply the person came in a car? </font><font color="#000000">No.</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff">2. What&#39;s a good substitue for stopped into? </font><font color="#000000">You could say &#39;popped in&#39;, &#39;went in&#39;.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000">Best wishes, Clive&nbsp;<br /></font></p></font><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnpz/post.htmSat, 17 May 2008 18:43:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514969New2grammar7http://www.englishforums.com/English/StoppedInto/gcnpz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514969.xml<p>A lucky lottery player who stopped into a suburban Cincinnati liquor store has a Mega Millions ticket worth $196 million.</p> <p>1. What&#39;s the meaning of stopped into? Does it imply the person came in a car?</p> <p>2. What&#39;s a good substitue for stopped into?<br />Thanks!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>