ESL Vocabulary and Idioms

Re: prepositions again..:-((

JCDenton — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:54:03 GMT

Grammar Geek

..But only in a few cases will people actually not know what you mean if you use the wrong one!

This is very interesting...Thank you GG.

regards

JCD

Re: prepositions again..:-((

Grammar Geek — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:46:14 GMT

pssst - It's "get them under your belt."

That's how I look at things.

Don't worry - they don't make sense, there are no rules, and you'll never be able to know just by looking at a verb which one to use.

But only in a few cases will people actually not know what you mean if you use the wrong one!

Re: prepositions again..:-((

Damir — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:09:21 GMT

Again a problem with prepositions.

How to say when you have an opinion about something... "This is how I look on/at things."

I think it's 'on' but I'm not sure.

Re: prepositions again..:-((

Yoong Liat — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:47:20 GMT

Prepositions are very confusing. I think a lot of people, includng me, will also have difficulty every now and then deciding which one to use. To make matters worse, what is correct in BrE is wrong in AmE.

Re: prepositions again..:-((

Damir — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:38:25 GMT

JCDenton
Thank you Yoong Liat.

Truth be told, I was thinking about this alternative too. All three options sounds me natural...Boy, I don't know. It seems that you need to be an native speaker to get the prepositions under the skin...

Anyway, thank you again.

I also have problems with prepositions. Only thing why I have problems is that my language doesn't use some of them as English does. Thanks to you native speakers willing to help us we can ask you anything about it. :)

Re: prepositions again..:-((

JCDenton — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:16:18 GMT

Thank you Yoong Liat.

Truth be told, I was thinking about this alternative too. All three options sounds me natural...Boy, I don't know. It seems that you need to be an native speaker to get the prepositions under the skin...

Anyway, thank you again.

Re: prepositions again..:-((

Yoong Liat — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:07:23 GMT

JCDenton

Hi my EF friends,

May I have a question about prepositions again?..:-((....It concerns the email which I'm gonna send to our collegues from US. Please what is grammatically correct?

If you have a question on our product manager../ question to our product manager..Which preposition is correct? on/to?

JCD

If you have a question for our product manager ...

prepositions again..:-((

JCDenton — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:57:04 GMT

Hi my EF friends,

May I have a question about prepositions again?..:-((....It concerns the email which I'm gonna send to our collegues from US. Please what is grammatically correct?

If you have a question on our product manager..../ question to our product manager.....Which preposition is correct? on/to?

This part of the English is driving me nuts...:-(((

regards

JCD