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: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610866Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:46:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:610866Liveinjapan0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610866http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-610866.xmlA ha! &#39;Three words&#39; might make listeners think there were very close to a deal, but it was true that they actually said &#39;no&#39;. Thanks, Avangi.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610557Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:46:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:610557Avangi1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610557http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-610557.xmlSometimes politicians, like other salesmen, put a spin on their words, allowing the listener to hear what he wants to hear. Perhaps the three words were &quot;no&quot; instead of &quot;yes,&quot; &quot;billion&quot; instead of &quot;million,&quot; &quot;five&quot; years instead of &quot;two&quot; years. How close would that be to a deal?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610539Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:46:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:610539Liveinjapan2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610539http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-610539.xmlThanks, Mr M.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610537Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:46:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:610537Mister Micawber3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htm#610537http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-610537.xml. Yes, that&#39;s right. .http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htmSun, 25 Jan 2009 07:46:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:610532Liveinjapan4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeWordsAway/hzvjl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-610532.xmlThe Republicans refused to back the bail-out after the UAW union refused to cut wages next year to bring them into line with their Japanese counterparts. UAW&#39;s current contract with the car makers expires in 2011. &quot; We were about three words away from a deal, &quot; said Republican Senator Bob Corker. &quot;We solved everything substantively and about three words keep us from reaching a conclusion.&quot; &quot;We were about three words away from a deal&quot; means &quot;we were very close to a deal&quot;, right? Thanks.