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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL General English Grammar Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htm</link><description>Ask your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)</generator><item><title>Re: 2 grammar questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghxkd/post.htm#539736</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:55:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:539736</guid><dc:creator>CalifJim</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghxkd/post.htm#539736</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-539736.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;b&gt;- ing&lt;/b&gt; :&amp;nbsp; She performed the action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;- ed/- en &lt;/b&gt;:&amp;nbsp; The action was performed upon her (by someone else).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2 grammar questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghxjd/post.htm#539719</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:17:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:539719</guid><dc:creator>Belly</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghxjd/post.htm#539719</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-539719.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>She sat there,&lt;strong&gt; thinking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She stared at her love rival, &lt;strong&gt;affronted &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What makes the difference?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2 grammar questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghrhn/post.htm#535649</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:35:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535649</guid><dc:creator>nona the brit</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghrhn/post.htm#535649</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535649.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Affronted,&amp;nbsp;if we are describing her own feelings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;affronting her, if we are describing the rival&amp;#39;s feelings.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2 grammar questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghrgx/post.htm#535633</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:58:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535633</guid><dc:creator>Belly</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ghrgx/post.htm#535633</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535633.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>So a&lt;b&gt;ffronted&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;affronting&lt;/b&gt;?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2 grammar questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ggpxx/post.htm#535191</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:25:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535191</guid><dc:creator>Doll</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ggpxx/post.htm#535191</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535191.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;My two cents:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1) Both of your sentences are correct. Choose one of them according to the meainig you want to give us.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2) I would use love rival too. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2 grammar questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ggpnp/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535175</guid><dc:creator>Belly</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/2GrammarQuestions/ggpnp/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535175.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>1) We were all buffeted by the terrified crowd running.&lt;br /&gt;or &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We were all buffeted by the running terrified crowd .&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;which IS&amp;nbsp; grammatically correct? why?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;2)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;She stared at her &lt;strong&gt;love rival&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (mean the one who compete with her for the same guy, I&amp;#39;m unsure about this word, but &amp;nbsp;how can I&amp;nbsp;express the idea&amp;nbsp;in English away ?), &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;affronted&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;or &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;affronting&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve seen people used afftonted and affronting, but which is&amp;nbsp;better here?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>