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Re: nothing else could have gone wrong

PLEASE do not start new threads on the same topic! There is a BIG difference between saying "Nothing else could have gone wrong" and saying "Nothing went wrong." The first says everything went wrong. The second says everything went okay.

Re: Will you check this?

Thank you! And I have one more question. You wrote "the assignments and homework." What's the difference between assignments and homework?

Re: proposal or proposition ?

Hi, What's the difference between pay raise and pay rise? I always use pay raise and this is the first time I see pay rise used. Have I been wrong all along?

fuse

What's the word to start a fuse? lit it up, set it off..? And another question: what's the difference between "lit it up" and "light it up"? Thanks Raen

Re: Fell or fallen

Oh no! I wasn't aware of the second set "fell felled fellen"? I think I heard of them when I was a kid and today is the first time in years. What's the difference between the first and the second?

Re: Fell or fallen

Do you know that fallen is the past participle of fall and fell is the past tense?>>No Can you eleborate on it or give me references and what is basic difference between past tense and past participle?

tried but true

Hello everyone, I'm wondering whether the phrases 'tried but true' and 'tried and true' are the same in meaning. Any difference between them? Thanks for your help~! pb -- For your reference, here is some context.StartFragment> Some good, common ways are to talk about...

Re: Difference Between "To" and "For"

to me is straight to yourself, involving nobody else. (here ya are the recepient, e.g: Happy birthday to ya) for me is more like a third inclusion, e.g. : Could ya do that for me? (you are not the direct recepient) Actually, in real life, we mix both and Americans do that all the time. Hope it...

proposal or proposition ?

Hi teachers , Is there any difference between proposal , proposition and suggestion ? Can I write like this ?Iwould appreciate it very much if you could take the trouble to edit it for me. Based on the suggestion/proposal /proposition of salary raise made by the personnel manager and after ...

Re: 'They have different pencils' a 'They have a different number of pencils'

Yes. In the second sentence the difference is in the number of pencils. In the first it could be any type of difference between the pencils themselves.