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/Rephrasing/gvmkd/post.htm#524419Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:24:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:524419Avangi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Rephrasing/gvmkd/post.htm#524419http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-524419.xml<p>Your version wouldn&#39;t sound natural to my ear.&nbsp; I can&#39;t exactly say it&#39;s ambiguous, but I keep reading it over to be sure what it means.</p> <p>I guess it&#39;s okay, but I&#39;d use the original.&nbsp; No, it&#39;s not ambiguous.&nbsp; I&#39;m just expecting something else&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp; like, <em>two lost working days to the city</em> means something else.</p> <p>&nbsp; - A.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Rephrasing/gvmjl/post.htmSun, 08 Jun 2008 02:38:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:524410New2grammar1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Rephrasing/gvmjl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-524410.xml<p>Fine, I get all that. I understand why the government had to raise fuel prices and I understand why people are upset. So, protest. Hold a peaceful rally somewhere and make your point. Tell the government you are angry, make your demands. But a bandh?! How does it help to bring a heaving city to a grinding halt for two days?</p> <p>Not only is it a massive headache for calcuttans, imagine <strong>the financial cost to the city of two lost working days.</strong></p> <p>Can I rephrase the bolded word as &quot;the financial cost of two lost working days to the city&quot;?</p> <p>Thanks</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>