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We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghggj/post.htm#537362Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:01:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537362Marius Hancu3http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghggj/post.htm#537362http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537362.xml&nbsp;I agree that the original is strange. <br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghggd/post.htm#537356Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:44:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537356Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghggd/post.htm#537356http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537356.xmlyou must pay in my account<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghgzq/post.htm#537352Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:35:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537352optilang6http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghgzq/post.htm#537352http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537352.xml<br /><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Stenka25</strong></div><div>You must <span style="color:#ff0000;">give in my account</span> once a month.</div></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><br />The problem I have here is with <em>you</em> and <em>my</em>.<br /><br />I must give in my account once a month.<br /><br />You must give in your account once a month.<br /><br />The original sentence, although possible if the person gave you their account to hand in for them, sounds a bit strange.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghgzr/post.htm#537336Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:49:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537336Marius Hancu3http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghgzr/post.htm#537336http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537336.xml<p>&nbsp;To <b>provide</b> a <b>report/account</b> of their properties/activities to some authorities. This is old-fashioned. <br /> </p><p>--</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=S7g0Iwdi0EMC&amp;pg=PA522&amp;dq=%22give+in+an+account%22+date:1970-2008&amp;lr=&amp;as_brr=0&amp;sig=ACfU3U0W9x0WbjhE40oX-6ZmULdxU3baJg">The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New ... - Page 522</a></p> <div><font><span><span>by Aaron Leaming, Jacob Spicer, New Jersey - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?q=+subject:%22Law%22&amp;lr=&amp;as_brr=0">Law</a> - 2002 - 763 pages</span></span></font></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><font><span><div><i><b>...</b> and collectors, and <b>give in an account</b> of their lands and stock as aforesaid.</i> </div></span></font></div><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzxm/post.htm#537212Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:48:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537212Avangi4http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzxm/post.htm#537212http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537212.xmlPerhaps someone is asking you to pay a monthly tribute in order to stay healthy.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghznk/post.htm#537193Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:57:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537193Mr Wordy5http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghznk/post.htm#537193http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537193.xml<p>The only way it&nbsp;makes sense&nbsp;to me&nbsp;is if &quot;give in&quot;&nbsp;means&nbsp;&quot;give to someone else&quot;, or &quot;hand over&quot;. (For example, you &quot;give in&quot; your homework to your teacher.)</p> <p>&quot;account&quot; here could mean a financial account, or any other kind of report.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzvr/post.htm#537030Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:16:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537030Stenka256http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzvr/post.htm#537030http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537030.xmlSorry, there&#39;s no context for the sentence was&nbsp;an example sentence in the internet.<br />&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzcn/post.htm#537009Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:44:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537009Marius Hancu7http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzcn/post.htm#537009http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537009.xml&nbsp;show&nbsp; more context<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzck/post.htmSat, 05 Jul 2008 13:39:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537006Stenka258http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningGiveAccount/ghzck/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-537006.xmlStartFragment</strike>&gt; <p>I cannot grasp the meaning of the &#39;give in my account&#39; in the below sentence.</p> <p>Can you tell me what it exactly is?</p> <p> <p>You must <span style="COLOR:#ff0000;">give in my account</span> once a month. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>