ESL General English Grammar Questions

ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://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: 3616.28671)Re: To say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it hashttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#700556Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:03:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:700556Avangi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#700556http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-700556.xmlOf course, a dedication is not the same as a gift because gift cannot be taken back. But I believe a gift can also be taken back in some rare cases. Suppose a boyfriend gives a diamond ring to his girlfriend and the next day somehow he finds that she is involved with some other guy. Then, he has every right to ask for the return of the ring. I don't find much difference between a dedication and a gift with respect to the ease with which it may be taken back. Before the advent of politically correct terms, the term in the US for a taker backer of gifts was "Indian give," which supposedly had some historical significance - I don't remember what. Are you comparing assigning the property to a son with a gift? ...Re: To say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it hashttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698514Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:24:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698514Jackson66121http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698514http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-698514.xmlI see no problem with "dedicated." If someone buys the rights to your intellectual property, the dedication page goes with it. That was the question. Suppose I dedicate one of my all-time favorite songs to you: Is dedication justified in this case? I haven't bought any rights to this song, so it is still someone else's property. There's a statement somewhere on the site that posted items are considered a contribution to the public domain. That statement is right at the bottom of this page: All content posted by our users is a contribution to the public domain. A dedication is not the same as a gift. You may dedicate a song to your wife and assign the property rights to your son. Of course, a...Re: To say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it hashttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698119Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:55:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698119Avangi2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698119http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-698119.xmlSingers and disk jockeys often say, "I'd like to dedicate this song to Mary Jones." I've never heard them use any other term, that I can recall.Re: To say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it hashttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698118Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:51:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698118Avangi3http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698118http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-698118.xmlEdit. Edit. Hmmmm. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you. Are you a performer? - a singer? You're going to sing a song to someone, and dedicate that performance to the person? Are you going to call up a radio disk jockey program and request a song, dedicating it to someone? In these cases, "dedicate" is the expression that is commonly used. I think it would be considered correct regardless of who owns the rights to the song.Re: To say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it hashttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698117Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:37:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698117Avangi4http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698117http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-698117.xmlEdit. Philanthroposts and institutions often "commission" a work of art. This is not the same as buying a work of art. The Boston Symphony comissioned the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra. They didn't buy it. They paid him to write it. Michael Jackson at one time bought the rights to all of the Beatles' songs.Re: To say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it hashttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698114Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:27:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698114Avangi5http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htm#698114http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-698114.xmlI see no problem with "dedicated." If someone buys the rights to your intellectual property, the dedication page goes with it. There's a statement somewhere on the site that posted items are considered a contribution to the public domain. A dedication is not the same as a gift. You may dedicate a song to your wife and assign the property rights to your son. Beethoven dedicated the Eroica (3rd Symphony) to Napoleon. But when Napoleon declared himself Emperor, Beethoven tore up the title page. Why not? It was still his.To say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it hashttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htmThu, 16 Apr 2009 03:42:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698044Jackson66126http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToBeginningBookFilmPieceMusic-Has/wgbgh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-698044.xmldedicate means to say at the beginning of a book or film, or before a piece of music, that it has been written, made, or performed for someone that you love or respect . If I want to dedicate some song to someone, then what word should be used because according to the definition dedicate can only be used for a thing that is your property?