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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: stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqcz/post.htm#535267</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:02:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535267</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqcz/post.htm#535267</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535267.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks, Optilang, Nona and CJ.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqcd/post.htm#535265</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:58:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535265</guid><dc:creator>CalifJim</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqcd/post.htm#535265</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535265.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&amp;nbsp;stand your ground; stand on your principles; stand on ceremony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqcb/post.htm#535263</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:56:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535263</guid><dc:creator>optilang</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqcb/post.htm#535263</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535263.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;New2grammar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks, Nona.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Optilang, is on optional to you?&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I must admit that I didn&amp;#39;t spot it at first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Stand your ground&amp;quot; is what I would say, although I have seen &amp;#39;stand on your ground&amp;#39;. I would always use the former as Nona said.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqbg/post.htm#535251</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:27:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535251</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqbg/post.htm#535251</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535251.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks, Nona.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Optilang, is on optional to you?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqbb/post.htm#535246</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:20:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535246</guid><dc:creator>nona the brit</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqbb/post.htm#535246</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535246.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&amp;#39;stand &lt;strike&gt;on&lt;/strike&gt; your ground&amp;#39;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqbr/post.htm#535245</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:17:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535245</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqbr/post.htm#535245</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535245.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks, Optilang.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqrz/post.htm#535233</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535233</guid><dc:creator>optilang</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggqrz/post.htm#535233</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535233.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Not exactly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;stand firm on your decision&amp;#39; = you will not change your decision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;stand on your ground&amp;#39; = you will not move your position/viewpoint.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>stand firm on your decision</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggpqn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:06:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535224</guid><dc:creator>New2grammar</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/StandFirmOnYourDecision/ggpqn/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535224.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Is &amp;#39;stand firm on your decision&amp;#39; equal to &amp;#39;stand on your ground&amp;#39;?&lt;br /&gt;Thanks&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>