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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: "...on full display {as} she won her fifth gold medal."</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrgh/post.htm#545452</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:14:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545452</guid><dc:creator>Peaceblinkfriend</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrgh/post.htm#545452</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545452.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Thanks for your reply Mister Micawber. I&amp;#39;ll keep your advice in mind.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PBF&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: "...on full display {as} she won her fifth gold medal."</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrgc/post.htm#545447</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:07:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545447</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrgc/post.htm#545447</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545447.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;PS:&amp;nbsp; This is a good warning to all those ESL/EFLs who insist on using &lt;em&gt;as&lt;/em&gt; to mean&lt;em&gt; because&lt;/em&gt;-- it is always a poor word choice for that very reason.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: "...on full display {as} she won her fifth gold medal."</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrzp/post.htm#545443</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:06:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545443</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrzp/post.htm#545443</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545443.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.&lt;br /&gt;When&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>"...on full display {as} she won her fifth gold medal."</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrzz/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:56:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545433</guid><dc:creator>Peaceblinkfriend</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FullDisplayFifthGoldMedal/gjrzz/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545433.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Olympic swimmer&amp;#39;s natatorial prowess was on full display &lt;strong&gt;as&lt;/strong&gt; she won her fifth gold medal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Does &amp;#39;as&amp;#39; mean &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;because&lt;/em&gt;? I know it&amp;#39;s an conjunction,&amp;nbsp;however, I&amp;nbsp;am not sure which sense of the meanings is illustrated here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PBF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>