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/InOver/gwxvv/post.htm#544548Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:18:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:544548New2grammar0http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOver/gwxvv/post.htm#544548http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-544548.xmlThank you, Clive and Optilang. It&#39;s always great to receive different opinions. I wonder what a third native speaker would interpret. The differences are more apparent that I&#39;d thought<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOver/gwxvb/post.htm#544545Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:05:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:544545optilang1http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOver/gwxvb/post.htm#544545http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-544545.xml<br /><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>New2grammar</strong></div><div>In/Over the next few days, our atheletes will arrive in Beijing.<br /><br />Are both correct? If yes, I would like to see the suble differences. Please help me analyze them.<br />Thanks.<br /><div></div></div></BLOCKQUOTE><br />Both are correct.<br /><br />My interpretation:<br /><br />In the next few days - the athletes will start to arrive after a couple of days from today.<br /><br />Over the next&nbsp; few days: they will start to arrive, possibly from tomorrow and it will take a few days for them all to arrive.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOver/gwxvr/post.htm#544544Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:03:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:544544Clive2http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOver/gwxvr/post.htm#544544http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-544544.xmlHi,</p> <p><span style="COLOR:#0000bf;">&nbsp;In/Over the next few days, our <span style="text-decoration:underline;">athletes </span>will arrive in Beijing.<br /><br />Are both correct? If yes, I would like to see the suble differences. Please help me analyze them.<br /><br /><span style="COLOR:#bfbf00;"><span style="COLOR:#111111;">Here are a couple of comments on the general focus.<br /><br /><strong>over&nbsp;</strong> -&nbsp;There will be more than one arrival, and these arrivals will be fairly evenly spread thoughout the next few days.<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>in</strong> - This does not focus on the above idea so strongly. There might even just be one arrival, which will occur at some point in the next few days. <br /><br />Best wishes. Clive<br /></span></span></span><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOver/gwxdn/post.htmMon, 21 Jul 2008 14:51:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:544540New2grammar3http://www.englishforums.com/English/InOver/gwxdn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-544540.xmlIn/Over the next few days, our atheletes will arrive in Beijing.<br /><br />Are both correct? If yes, I would like to see the suble differences. Please help me analyze them.<br />Thanks.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>