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/OnTheVergeOfCollpase/gzcrv/post.htm#526273Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:52:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:526273Peaceblinkfriend0http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTheVergeOfCollpase/gzcrv/post.htm#526273http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-526273.xml<p>Oh yes those were typos <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-4.gif" alt="Stick out tongue" title="Stick out tongue" />.</p> <p>I see so they mean the same thing here.</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>PBF</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTheVergeOfCollpase/gzbqn/post.htm#526265Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:37:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:526265Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTheVergeOfCollpase/gzbqn/post.htm#526265http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-526265.xml.<br />Well, the spelling of both would be equally wrong.&nbsp;<em> Collapse</em> vs <em>collapsing</em> here would mean virtually the same thing, though the writer might be accentuating the action by using the gerund.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTheVergeOfCollpase/gzbqv/post.htmThu, 12 Jun 2008 10:08:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:526256Peaceblinkfriend2http://www.englishforums.com/English/OnTheVergeOfCollpase/gzbqv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-526256.xml<p><em>on the verge of collpase</em></p> <p>What if it read &#39;collpasing&#39; instead? What would the difference be then?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>PBF</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>