http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552377Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:15:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552377wholegrain0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552377http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552377.xmlHmmm, why don&#39;t more people respond to my questions? Is it because they don&#39;t make any sense or something like that?http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552368Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:15:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552368wholegrain1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552368http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552368.xmlI found these examples on the web: Microsoft took the market with DOS not because it was superior to the alternatives (anyone remember CTOS), but because it got into the workplace. The company brought a string of innovations to the industry and quickly took the biggest share of the market. PTWs with engines of 51 to 125cc took the biggest share of the market, suggesting growing use of these smaller-engined machines by learners. Many say that Innocenti was intent on bettering Piaggio with their vespa models which took the biggest share of the market. In terms of tonne-km, non-incumbents took the biggest share of the market in Sweden. Although, the latter examples has &quot;market share&quot; as object, but since the latter or the former...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552362Sat, 23 May 2009 14:15:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552362wholegrain2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552362http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552362.xmlHmmm, I don&#39;t know. I feel I heard people say that many times, but I am not sure. It would be nice if numerous persons could give their insights for this.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552361Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:15:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552361CalifJim3http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htm#552361http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552361.xmlCan we say: &quot;He has many foreign investment markets,&quot; to mean: &quot;He has control over many foreign investment markets&quot;? No. I, personally, don&#39;t have any meaning to assign it. I doubt anybody would say that, even metaphorically. He took the market is equally meaningless to me. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 15:15:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552360wholegrain4http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifficultQuestions/gkhvn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-552360.xmlCan we say: &quot;He has many foreign investment markets,&quot; to mean: &quot;He has control over many foreign investment markets&quot;? In informal speech, in formal speech? Moreover, is &quot;He has many foreign investment markets&quot; a metaphor, ellipsis? What about &quot;He took the market&quot;? Is that a metaphor, ellipsis?