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Re: at the same time

AlpheccaStars — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:48:01 GMT

Meanwhile does work, but not with the original punctuation. Simultaneously does not work at all.

I usually use "meanwhile" to contrast actions which were going on during the same interval of time by different people. The attention is on the main clause.

I was doing my homework in the front room. Meanwhile, my brother was watching TV in the back room and mother was cooking dinner in the kitchen.

"While" is also OK --. While I was doing my homework, my brother was watching TV, and my mother was cooking dinner.

"Simultaneously" means things happening exactly at the same instant or interval of time.

My brother and I were talking simultaneously. My mother told us to stop and take turns speaking.

"While" indicates two actions going on in the same general time period, not necessarily happening precisely at the same moment.

While I petted the cat, I watched TV. I can pet the cat and watch TV simultaneously.

Last year, I played football while attending classes. I cannot play football and attend class simultaneously.

Re: passive voice

Cool Breeze — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:51:51 GMT

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football is a popular sport played almost in all Asain and European countries. There is no direct agent here but it's still a passive structure.
That sentence is not in the passive voice.

Football is a popular sport [which/that is] played in almost all Asian and European countries.

The sentence consists of a main clause and a relative clause, which has been reduced by omitting the relative pronoun and the passive auxiliary (is). I call such structures clause equivalents, but terminology is unimportant here. The relative clause - or its equivalent - is in the passive voice.

A sentence ends with a full stop / period, an exclamation mark or a question mark. A clause need not have any punctuation after it, which is the case after the main clause in this sentence.

How to Punctuate Words Inside Quotes

Anonymous — Thu, 03 May 2007 03:02:37 GMT

Would this be considered correct: (e.g., He liked "baseball", and "football.")

I've seen so many variations of quoted punctuation that don't know what to think anymore.

Athletes and Education

Pwrprnss123 — Wed, 10 May 2006 03:51:03 GMT

To all thank you for helping me on my last paper. Now I have another one. I am not satisfied of what I wrote and I was wondering if someone can point out where i need to improve. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. I know my weakest problem is also punctuation. Thank you

Success in the field is not success in the classroom

The football stadium is packed. The crowd is on their feet, bumping and cheering for their team to win. The aromas of burned hotdogs are all around while they are being cooked. The sour taste of beer leaves a lasting impression on my taste bud. But as I sit there I wonder to myself what the price for the popularity they are getting is. They might be making millions for the colleges but are American Athletes really getting the education they deserve? In this essay, I will set out to prove that athletes and education comes to a higher price for student athletes.

It is sad to see young student athletes setting up for much less education than they deserve. Being a student athlete is not easy as we all think it is. Yes it is great to make millions for your college school but ask yourself this question âIs being good what I do can help me in the future?â There is so much pressure being a student athlete that they have a hard time getting a B average in school. Being an athlete you spend many hours on the road and practicing that causes to drain their physical and mental energies, which they need for studying. But that does not concern them much; Teachers are treating athletes with preferential allowing them to take make-up test and alternative assignments. By doing this they are compromising their potential and academic careers. This takes me back when I was in high school; I was so focused on my Track and Field training that my grades were failing. My teacher passed me because one of my teachers is also my coaches. Furthermore, a special tutoring is provided for them to catch up what they missed. As a result some student athlete does not even know how to speak proper English. One good example, when I watch the interview for the after game I always notice how some athletes always begins their answers with : âUhâ or âYou Know what I Mean.â With these special attentions from teachers, student athletes are compromising their potential and academic career.

On top of their academic concern, student athlete also had to think of what they are going to do in the future as far as job is concern. Being good at what you do can help you set up better life for the future. When we all registered for college classes we have counselors guide us the right way but student athletes sometimes are not lucky on that aspect. A student athlete could take any class they want and counselors would not know because athletes never had time on top of their practices to go down and talk to them. But why should they when most student athletes have high expectations for careers in professional sports. For example, 2 weeks ago I was watching the 2006 NFL draft on ESPN. Two most talented players in college football stood out more. In 2005, Reggie Bush and Vince Young were the most well know athletes in college football because not only did they lead their teams to national championship but also they left college early to become professional football players. The University of Maryland had a research done about college athletes and non athletes; in this research it shows that athletes are more likely to expressed greater uncertainty concerning their majors and showed higher potential of changing their major more often. Because of the time demands which includes practices, games, homework and classes most student athletes does not have sufficient knowledge of the world of work.

On top of academic and career issue, students also have to deal with financial stability. When we think of college, we automatically think of money. We always wonder how we can afford education on top of being able to afford to buy food but not when it comes to student athletes. Most student athletes do not plan to work during their college years and more less concerned about their finances. Being a student athlete you will receive a full scholarship as long as they continue doing what they do best for the university that is play sports then athletes have nothing to worry for the rest of their college years. But sometimes is not as easy ride as everyone wants it to be. Maurice Clarett is one prime example. Back in 2002, he helped Ohio State win a national championship and he seemed did not care know how to move on with his life after his dream imploded. He was suspended for lying on a police campus report about the value of some stolen items in his car. Now Clarett is facing charges for robbery and if he does makes it to an NFL team in Europe how long do you think he can play before suffering an injury? Not many college athletes can make it to the professional career.

Athletes and education combines come to higher price for student athletes. Just like in the story âIn Praise of the F Wordâ by Mary Sherry she says âNo one seems to think that---no matter what environment they come from---most kids donât put school first on their list unless they perceived something is at stake,â and I agree with her most athletes donât really bother with their school unless it is necessary. If you decided to become a student athlete ask yourself these questions first; when I get hurt who would pay for my education? If I go pro then I get hurt what would I do afterwards? Education should be one of the priorities for student athletes as well as victory in the field. Education can help athletes a chance to grow intellectually that can lead them to other opportunities in the future. Student athletes should not waste their talent but also they should not forget to gain an education at the same time. The only way to achieve a goal is to work hard in order to success in life.

Re: British versus american expressions

seyfihoca — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:19:20 GMT

British English American English
Adopt nominate
air hostess flight attendant
bad form bad manners
Bedsitter studio apartment
Bellpush doorbell
Bill check (restaurant payments), invoice
Billion trillion
bin liner trash bag
Biscuit cracker, cookie
Blower telephone
Bonnet hood (of a car)
Boot trunk (of a car)
boot sale garage sale
Braces suspenders
Bundle package
Bursary financial aid, scholarshipÂ
Buttered eggs scrambled eggs
call box telephone booth
came away went away, left
car smash car crash
Cashier dishonorable discharge
Casualty hospital emergency room
cat mint catnip
Cha tea
chambers law offices
chemist shop drug storeÂ
child-minder baby-sitter
Chips French fries
Chit memo or voucher
Cinema movies, movie theater
Climber vine, ivy
clocked in checked in
Closet conference room
Coach bus
cold store freezer
consultant department head
Copper cop, officer
Cotton thread
Crisps potato chips
Cutting clipping (e.g., from a newspaper)
Dash tip, gratuity
dinner jacket tux, tuxedo
double bend S-curve
Draughts checkers
(game)
drawing pin thumb tack
driving wheel steering wheel
Dummy baby's pacifier
dust bin garbage can, trash can
engaged (telephone) busy signal, line is busy
engagement appointment
estate car station wagon
Extension lead extension cord (electric)
facia pocket glove compartment
Factor agent
Faculty department
fairy cake cup cake
Fen marsh
fill in, fill up complete, fill out
Film movie
fir apple pine cone
fitted carpet wall to wall carpeting (abbreviated w/w)
Flagstaff flagpole
Flashers turn signals
Flat apartment
Flex electric cord
Float petty cash
Flyover overpass
Flyscreen window screen
Fondle handle, touchÂ
football rugby, soccer
footway sidewalk
fortnight two weeks
Fount font, typeface
franking machine postage meter
free phone toll free
Frisson shiver
full age legal age
full stop period
Fused burnt out
gangway aisle
Gaol jail
gear box transmission
gear lever gear shift
geyser water heater
Ginnel alley
Glass mirror
goggle-box boob tube
good few good many, large number
grammar school high school
Griff news
ground floor first floor
Gum glue or paste
gum boots rubber boots
hair wash shampoo
handbag purse
hard lines bad luck
headlamps headlights
headmaster principal
held up delayed (held up means robbed in American)
Hide leather
hooter horn
ice lolly Popsicle
in-built built-in
infant's school kindergarten
interval intermission
invalid chair wheel chair
ironmonger hardware store
Jam jelly
Jelly Jell-O, gelatin
jotter notebook
Jug pitcher
key money security deposit
knickers panties
knock up waken or rouse (means impregnate in American)
laddering my tights a run in my stocking
ladybird ladybug
Lag insulation
lead (dogs) leash
lead (electric) cord, wire
lending library public library
lettings apartments for rent
library ticket library card
Lift elevator
loads lift freight elevator
lollipop lady crossing guard
Long-case clock grandfather clock
Loose covers slipcovers
Lorry truck
m and r um and er, hem and haw
macintosh raincoat
mack raincoat
Mad insane (means angry in American)
made redundant laid off
maize corn
maize cob corn on the cob
marrow squash
match game
mean stingy
means test need analysis
mend repair
metalled road paved road
midden garbage dump
milliard billion
minced meat ground beef
moggy cat, kitty
monkey nuts peanuts
motor spirits fuel, gas, gasoline
muesli granola
nappies diapers
Nose to tail bumper to bumper
Note bill (money)
notecase wallet
noughts and crosses tic-tac-toe
number plate license plate
oblique slash (punctuation)
on-cost overhead expense
open university extension courses, distance education
outfitter clothing store
pack of cards deck of cards
page (hotel) bell boy
pants underwear
paper handkerchief tissue
Pass out graduate
patience solitaire
pavement sidewalk
peep-bo peek-a-boo
Peg clothespin
perspex Plexigla
petrol gas, gasoline
pickled cucumbers pickles
pictures movies
piece-tin lunch box
pissed drunk
pleader lawyer, attorney
ponce pimp
pop round come by
porridge oatmeal
Post mail
Post free postpaid
postcode zip code
postoffice directory telephone directory
power cut power failure
preggers pregnant
press man journalist, reporter
private address home address
professor conductor (orchestra)
programme show
proofed waterproofed
Pub bar, saloon
Punt gamble (means kick or skip in American)
purse pocketbook
pylon utility pole
queue line
Quit behave
radiogram stereo
ramble walk, stroll
Rate tax
Read out read aloud
reader's ticket library card
ready, steady, go! ready, set, go!
recap Retread
reckoning machine cash register
recorded delivery Return receipt requested, certified / registered mail
remould Retread
return ticket round-trip ticket
reverse charge collect call
ring pull a can's tab
ring up Call
roll neck turtle neck
round sandwich
Roup auctionÂ
rubber eraser (means condom in American)
rubbish bin trash can
Rug Blanket
running knot slip knot
rusticated suspended (punishment)
salt beef corned beef
salt pot salt shaker
sandpit Sandbox
scent Perfume
scrape butter or margarine, thinly spread
scurf Dandruff
self-drive car rental car
semi-detached house Duplex
service lift dumbwaiter
serviette Napkin
Shop gazing window shopping, browsing
side (billiards) English
silencerÂ (vehicles) Muffler
silent number unlisted number
single ticket one-way ticket
singlet T-shirt
six-over-six 20-20 vision
Slide barrette (hair)
Slip men's underwear (means women's undergarments in American)
smart well-dressed (means clever in American)
snowslip Avalanche
spanner Wrench
spatula tongue depressor
spirits alcohol (liquor, brandy, whiskey)
spool cassette, tape, reel, roll
squails tiddlywinks
squib firecracker
stance taxi stand
Stop late stay late
Stop open stay open
strapping Bandages
subject Citizen
suction cleaner vacuum cleaner
sugar soap paint remover
sun-filter cream sun-screen lotion
surgery doctor's office (means operating room in American)
surname last name, family name
suspenders Garters
sweater Sweatshirt
sweet oil olive oil
sweeties, sweets Candy
swiss bun Danish
swiss roll jelly roll
Swot study hard, cram
Table a proposal discuss a proposal (opposite of American meaning)
tablets pills, medicine
Take a decision make a decision
Take with take out, to go (fast-food restaurant)
Take-away carry-out (fast-food restaurant)
Tap Faucet
taxi rank taxi stand
telephonist telephone operator
Telly television, TV (pronounced tee-vee)
Tick check mark
tights Pantyhose
timeous, timous early, timely
Tin Can
tinkle telephone call (means urinate in American)
to time on time
toothful Sip
torch Flashlight
Tot add, calculate a total
touch wood knock on wood
tower block Skyscraper
Town centre Downtown
tradesman Storekeeper
Tram trolley, streetcar
treacle Molasses
treacle sponge Gingerbread
trolley shopping cart
trousers Pants
trunk call toll call, long distance call
Tube of candy roll of candy
Tube station subway station
tunny tuna fish
Turn off discharge, fire
Turn out a room thoroughly clean a room
underground Subway
unmade track dirt road
vacuum flask thermos bottle
Vest T-shirt, undershirt
victualler Innkeeper
waist coat Vest
Wall safe food cupboard or cabinet in the kitchen
water ice Sherbet
white coffee coffee with cream
whole time full time
Wind cheater Windbreaker
windscreen Windshield
wire wool steel wool
zed the letter zee (z)

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