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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: Would you check my English?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldYouCheckMyEnglish/gpgnv/post.htm#576780</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:16:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:576780</guid><dc:creator>RayH</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldYouCheckMyEnglish/gpgnv/post.htm#576780</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-576780.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>No. 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M: Do you have change for a dollar? &lt;p&gt;F: Sorry, no, I don&amp;#39;t. What do you need it for?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;I don&amp;#39;t have a problem with &amp;quot;Sorry, no, I don&amp;#39;t&amp;quot; but normally you would use just one of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;M:&lt;strike&gt; &lt;/strike&gt;I &lt;strike&gt;thought I&lt;/strike&gt; need&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; some change for the bus.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;I&amp;#39;m not sure why you say &amp;quot;thought&amp;quot; here. I implies that you did need change but that you now realize that you don&amp;#39;t need change.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;I would leave it out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; F: Then don&amp;#39;t worry. You can break it &lt;strike&gt;in&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; the bus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 2&amp;nbsp; At the cafe ( M is a waiter.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M: Good morning. Would you like the usual? &lt;p&gt;F: Oh, what a surprise! Do you remember what I want?&lt;/p&gt; M: Of course. You love the double-decker, don&amp;#39;t you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;Number two looks good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Would you check my English?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldYouCheckMyEnglish/gpgmd/post.htm#576762</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:35:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:576762</guid><dc:creator>Goodman</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldYouCheckMyEnglish/gpgmd/post.htm#576762</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-576762.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Kenta&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hello. I make it a rule to write a dialogue in English everyday to improve my English.&lt;br /&gt;Will you check them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M: Do you have change for a dollar? &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;F: Sorry, &lt;span style="COLOR:#ff00ff;"&gt;&lt;strike&gt;no&lt;/strike&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; I don&amp;#39;t. What do you need it for?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;M: I thought I need some change for the bus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;F: Then don&amp;#39;t worry. You can break it &lt;span style="COLOR:#0080ff;"&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;strike&gt;in&lt;/strike&gt; the bus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 2&amp;nbsp; At the cafe ( M is a waiter.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M: Good morning. Would you like the usual?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;F: Oh, what a surprise! Do you remember what I want?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;M: Of course. You love the double-decker, don&amp;#39;t you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looked good! just a couple of minor changes...&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Would you check my English?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldYouCheckMyEnglish/gpglq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:576758</guid><dc:creator>Kenta</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WouldYouCheckMyEnglish/gpglq/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-576758.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hello. I make it a rule to write a dialogue in English everyday to improve my English.&lt;br /&gt;Will you check them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M: Do you have change for a dollar?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;F: Sorry, no, I don&amp;#39;t. What do you need it for?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;M: I thought I need some change for the bus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;F: Then don&amp;#39;t worry. You can break it in the bus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. 2&amp;nbsp; At the cafe ( M is a waiter.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M: Good morning. Would you like the usual?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;F: Oh, what a surprise! Do you remember what I want?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;M: Of course. You love the double-decker, don&amp;#39;t you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>