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/JobTitles/gcpdr/post.htm#515338Sun, 18 May 2008 21:44:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:515338optilang1http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcpdr/post.htm#515338http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-515338.xml&nbsp;Bath fitter</p><p>central heating engineer</p><p>carpet fitter</p><p>electrician</p><p>Carpenter&nbsp; should cover the last two<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqx/post.htm#514995Sat, 17 May 2008 20:35:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514995New2grammar1http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqx/post.htm#514995http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514995.xml<p>Thanks Huevos.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqn/post.htm#514994Sat, 17 May 2008 20:25:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514994Huevos2http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqn/post.htm#514994http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514994.xmlSaying &quot;man&quot; is really colloquial and should be avoided if the proper job title is obvious. (Lots of jobs have &quot;man&quot; in their official title, milkman, rag and bone man, etc).<br /><p><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>New2grammar</strong></div><div>The door man</div></BLOCKQUOTE> Doorman is a person that stands outside a disco or nightclub and controls entry, but, context is everything, so if you were to say (with your hand on a door), &quot;<i>the door man is coming to fix this on Tuesday</i>&quot; it would sound perfectly natural and no one would think about the nightclub. Whether the others are ok really depends on the ear of the listener but they sound ok to me, except &quot;light man&quot; should be &quot;lighting man&quot;. This could be taken to be an electrician or a man in a film studio that controls the way the film set is illuminated.<br /> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqj/post.htm#514990Sat, 17 May 2008 20:12:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514990New2grammar3http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqj/post.htm#514990http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514990.xml<p>Huevos, I love your suggestion. Makes my life easy. But just to be sure, please check if the following are OK to you.</p> <p><br />The person who changed my bathtub, bathtub man?<br />The furnace man?<br />The carpet man?<br />The light man?<br />The door man<br />The cabinet man</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqg/post.htm#514987Sat, 17 May 2008 20:04:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514987Huevos4http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqg/post.htm#514987http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514987.xml<p>&nbsp;None of them are set in stone and are going to be different from place to place and company to company. If you like you can call them all &quot;man&quot;:</p><ul><li>The central heating man</li><li>The air conditioning man</li><li>The telephone man</li></ul>You can substitute &quot;<i>man</i>&quot; with &quot;<i>engineer</i>&quot; if you want to be a bit more formal.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqv/post.htmSat, 17 May 2008 19:49:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514985New2grammar5http://www.englishforums.com/English/JobTitles/gcnqv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514985.xmlWhat do you call a person who fixes your furnace? Mechanic or plumber</p> <p>What do you call a person who fixes/services your home air-conditioner? Mechanic or technician</p> <p>What do you call a person who fixes your phone line? Technician or utility worker</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p> <p>&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>