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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: guilty to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdjb/post.htm#575842</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:44:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575842</guid><dc:creator>CalifJim</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdjb/post.htm#575842</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575842.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Qut&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Can &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;strike&gt;i&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;b&gt;I&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; use &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&amp;quot;...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; guilty to hack&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;ing&lt;/font&gt; ...&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt; for below sentence &lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;... after pleading not guilty to hacking the e-mail account ...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;... after pleading not guilty to stealing chocolates ...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;... after pleading not guilty to robbing the bank ...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re:  guilty to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdhn/post.htm#575820</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:43:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575820</guid><dc:creator>AlpheccaStars</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdhn/post.htm#575820</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575820.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>No, Clive&amp;#39;s reply was perfect. I was just giving more examples that fit the context.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: guilty to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdhk/post.htm#575817</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:23:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575817</guid><dc:creator>Grammar Geek</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdhk/post.htm#575817</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575817.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&amp;nbsp;Did you somehow find Clive&amp;#39;s explanation incorrect?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: guilty to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdzp/post.htm#575788</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:34:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575788</guid><dc:creator>AlpheccaStars</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdzp/post.htm#575788</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575788.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;div&gt;The structure is:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Plead (not) guilty to (a crime)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The sentence is correct.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other forms of plead:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He pleaded (plead) ignorance of the law.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He pleaded (plead) for mercy. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And after the trial is finished, you will see a different form:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Find (not) guilty of (a crime).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;David was found not guilty of hacking Sarah Palin&amp;#39;s email account. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: guilty to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdzh/post.htm#575780</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:40:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575780</guid><dc:creator>Clive</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpdzh/post.htm#575780</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575780.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;The structure is &lt;strong&gt;someone pleads guilty (&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; not guilty) to a crime.&lt;/strong&gt; eg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he was charged with robbery, Tom pleaded not guilty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom pleaded guilty to the murder of Mary. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom pleaded not guilty to the charge of careless driving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best wishes, Clive&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>guilty to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpcxg/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:20:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:575643</guid><dc:creator>Qut</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GuiltyTo/gpcxg/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-575643.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;Can i use guilty to hack .. for below sentence. Thx.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Kernell, 20, son of a US lawmaker, leaves a courthouse after pleading not&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt; guilty to hacking&lt;/span&gt; th e e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>