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/3questions/gmkdp/post.htm#563038Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:52:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:563038Avangi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/3questions/gmkdp/post.htm#563038http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-563038.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Belly</strong></div><div>1) roast or roasted chicken?&nbsp; <strong><span style="COLOR:#00bfbf;">Either one.&nbsp; But you wouldn&#39;t say, &quot;roast peanuts.&quot;<br /></span></strong><br />2) &quot;medical assistant&quot; and &quot;nurse&quot;, what is the difference?&nbsp; <strong><span style="COLOR:#00bfbf;">If by &quot;nurse&quot; you mean RN, or Registered Nurse, a nurse usually holds a BS degree and makes big bucks.&nbsp; A medical assistant is a helper.<br /><br /></span></strong>3) In Ame English, we pronounce: dating as dading or dating?&nbsp; <strong><span style="COLOR:#00bfbf;">I&#39;d say there&#39;s a little more of the &quot;t&quot; than there would be in &quot;padding,&quot; but less that there would be in &quot;detente,&quot; or &quot;Detroit,&quot; or &quot;Daytona,&quot; or &quot;datura.&quot;&nbsp; The difference is because of the accent (stress).</span></strong> </div></BLOCKQUOTE><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/3questions/gmkdh/post.htmSat, 06 Sep 2008 03:19:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:563030Belly1http://www.englishforums.com/English/3questions/gmkdh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-563030.xml1) roast or roasted chicken?<br /> 2) &quot;medical assistant&quot; and &quot;nurse&quot;, what is the difference?<br /> 3) In Ame English, we pronounce: dating as dading or dating?<div style="clear:both;"></div>