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Re: counsel/counseling

Clive — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:26:52 GMT

Hi,

Talking things over with someone, listening to their problems, helping to find solutions and supporting them through the bad times, is what counseling is all about.

... times are what counsel is all about.

Which of the above two versions reads better and make more sense? #1, because there are three other gerunds in the sentence.

Besides, what is the difference between counsel and counseling?

counsel = advice

counselling = (thea ct of) giving advice

Clive.

temporal and temporary

Teleostomi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:33:22 GMT

Do you have a headache? (habitual)
Have you got a headache? (temporal)

http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoYouHaveHaveYouGot/qncn/Post.htm

Native speakers would choose "temporary" over "temporal" in above case, but I don't understand why that is.
I looked them up in dictionaries, but couldn't counvince me of it.
What's the difference between "temporal" and "temporary"?

Can I say "She often can go to the movies."ï¼

Viceidol — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:32:08 GMT

Hello, everyone!

We can say "She can often go to the movies." But can we say "She often can go to the movies."? If we can say in that way, what's the difference between them?

I really need your anwser. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Re: weird words... codomain, conjugate, etc.

Feebs11 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:47:14 GMT

It is two words = co + domain
co- [prefix] together; with {{co-defendant is another example}}

I hear Pythagorean with two stresses, one on "tha", the other on "re"

obtuse - There is a slight difference between BE and AmE pronunciation of this. BE has ob'tyuss; AmE is more like ahb'toos

Pronunciation is not an exact science as there are so many dialectical variations. Generally in the dictionaries if there are two options, one is likely to be BE and the other AmE. This dictionary indicates which is AmE : http://tinyurl.com/j3ns

Dread

Belly — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:35:46 GMT

I've seen dread being used with both to-inf and gerund. What's the difference between the two meaning when you give to inf and gerund at a time?

Re: What's the difference between 'affair' and 'event'?

Marius Hancu — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:12:23 GMT

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affair

2 a : any procedure, action, or occasion not clearly distinguished or only vaguely specified <an affair of honor> <one of the most brilliant social affairs of the season> <public life had become so discreditable an affair -- F.M.Ford> <the whole affair from start to finish did not occupy more than thirty seconds -- S.H.Holbrook> <if he knew anything about rain, this was going to be an all-day affair -- Hamilton Basso> -- sometimes used in plural <an attempt to end this sad state of affairs>

Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (20 Sep. 2007).

Re: I am to

milky — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:57:05 GMT

Belly wrote:

What's the difference between:

I am to come to Helen's party tonight. (It's an obligation.)

I am going to come to Helen's party tonight. (Planned action)

I'll be coming to Helen's party tonight? (Planned action. Maybe you changed your mind and finally decided to go to the party.)

I am to

Belly — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:38:45 GMT

What's the difference between:

I am to come to Helen's party tonight

I am going to come to Helen's party tonight

I'll be coming to Helen's party tonight?

Re: What is the difference between when and while?

Linguaphile — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:33:37 GMT

CalifJim wrote:

We see both fiddling and burning as points of time in the past.

One thing I would change about your most recent post is this.

We see both fiddling and burning as activities which were taking place during periods of time in the past.

(Fiddling and burning take too long to be points in time. " src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif">)

CJ

I see, but it should have a difference with the continuous aspect, shouldn't it? In retrospect, can't they be points in time? Maybe the difference is the emphasis.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

(The two events can be seen as points of time. While stresses that these two events happened at the same time. When would not be as emphatic here I think, butn I won't insist on that if you do not agree.)

Nero was fiddling while Rome was burning.

(The two events can be seen as periods of time. While emphasizes the progressiveness even more.)

What do you think?

Re: What is the difference between when and while?

Clive — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:35:32 GMT

Trex wrote:

1. When the phone rang, I was taking a shower.

2. While I was taking a shower, the phone rang.

3. When I was taking a shower, the phone rang.

4. While the phone rang, I was taking a shower.

Here how would you explain the difference between 2 and 3? I would say that they are very similar, in that the continuous tense in both focuses on the duration of the shower activity, but I would also say that the addition of 'while' adds more emphasis on this duration.

Does 4 mean the ringing lasted throughout the shower? Not to me. That's certainly not how I would say it in such a case.

Best wishes, Clive

Search results for 'tag:Images tag:Difference between' matching tags 'Images' and 'Difference between'

Re: counsel/counseling

temporal and temporary

Can I say "She often can go to the movies."ï¼

Re: weird words... codomain, conjugate, etc.

Dread

Re: What's the difference between 'affair' and 'event'?

Re: I am to

I am to

Re: What is the difference between when and while?

Re: What is the difference between when and while?

Can I say "She often can go to the movies."ï¼