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: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjlx/post.htm#523580Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:24:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523580Newguest0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjlx/post.htm#523580http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-523580.xml<p><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>New2grammar</strong></div><div> <p>I think you&#39;re missing&nbsp;a &#39;the&#39; before the &#39;heck&#39;. Alternatives are the hell and the crap.</p> <p></div></BLOCKQUOTE></p> <p>I think you&#39;re right :)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjln/post.htm#523579Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:21:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523579New2grammar1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjln/post.htm#523579http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-523579.xml<p>I think you&#39;re missing&nbsp;a &#39;the&#39; before the &#39;heck&#39;. Alternatives are the hell and the crap.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjjk/post.htm#523542Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:25:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523542Marius Hancu3http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjjk/post.htm#523542http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-523542.xml&nbsp;I&#39;d say you should be on an <b>informal/friendly</b> basis with that person, in order to use it,&nbsp; ...<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjwj/post.htm#523524Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:01:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523524Newguest3http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjwj/post.htm#523524http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-523524.xml<p>I see. Thanks.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjww/post.htm#523523Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:56:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523523Clive4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjww/post.htm#523523http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-523523.xml<p>Hi,</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Is saying: <strong>They beat heck out of each other</strong> - rude? Not very. The mild expresion &#39;heck&#39;usually replaces the word &#39;hell&#39;. But neither is the sort of thing I would say to the Queen of England, or even in a job interview.</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Are there any other expressions close to this one? </font><font color="#000000">Yes, you can use quite a lot of quite rude words instead of heck/hell.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">Best wishes, Clive</font></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjwr/post.htmThu, 05 Jun 2008 19:30:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523515Newguest5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeckOutOf/gvjwr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-523515.xml<p>Hi</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Is saying: <strong>They beat heck out of each other</strong> - rude? Are there any other expressions close to this one?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>