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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Refinancing' matching tag 'Refinancing'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aRefinancing</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Refinancing' matching tag 'Refinancing'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3615.39139)</generator><item><title>Could you please help with my critical thinking ideas?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldCriticalThinkingIdeas/ljkwn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:34:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:965987</guid><dc:creator>lockieleonard</dc:creator><description>Could you please correct my critical thinking ideas and see if there are any grammar or spelling mistakes. Also if you have anything useful that you can add to my critical thinking ideas that would be appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help!  These are my critical thinking ideas:  Environmentally, During farming, the fragile top soil and the nutrients it contains (such as nitrogen and phosphorus) can be blown away with strong winds, ending up into rivers, streams, estuaries and underground water. As a result the nutrients pollutant substances can affect livestock if livestock have a direct access to waterways. When the soil is in poor health, plants cannot grow to their full potential. Contaminated soil is a risk to public health...</description></item><item><title>Reach and approach</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ReachAndApproach/lwdwh/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:11:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959045</guid><dc:creator>bn77</dc:creator><description>In the event that the country responds to the outstanding debts reluctantly, it will for sure __to inflation. (A) reach (B) approach (C) lead (D) apply  answer: (C) why the choices (A) and (B) couldn&amp;#39;t be posible answers? Both verbs could be used with the preposition-&amp;#39;to&amp;#39; and it seems to me that both verbs sound OK in their meanings to complete the sentence...</description></item><item><title>Re: Hearing problems...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HearingProblems/2/lgpvv/Post.htm#955315</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:20:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:955315</guid><dc:creator>delmobile</dc:creator><description>Dewey, my favorite handicap. Look, John I know you got a lot on your plate  right now but we gotta

stay focused. We have momentum. Do we have to talk about this   right now. Well you tell me.

Sure. I spent the last few weeks beating up the man and  for money. It&amp;#39;s tak en a piece of me every day

but I figure if I squash the fillings down hard enough, I might just have enough saved up for a complete mental breakdown.   I didn&amp;#39;t think you could put a price

on family honor. In that case, Heimy how much is it for you to take it up the *ss trick- style? ...Enough of

this BS. You both got a hard-on for each other.   All right you degenerates. Are you ready for some real

BBusting? Go for the face! Yeah, daddy! Put it...</description></item><item><title>Needing help with sentences please</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedingSentencesPlease/lhddn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:954053</guid><dc:creator>alc24</dc:creator><description>Could you please take a look at this?   1 You did a better job of paying back your debts than I will. 2 Just like he doesn&amp;#39;t mind sleeping in my bed I don&amp;#39;t mind sleeping in his. 3 She was waiting for the train in the middle of platform.  4 The table will come down on you if your underneath while unscrew the bolts. 5 I can&amp;#39;t tell the difference between when he&amp;#39;s bluffing and when he&amp;#39;s got a good hand. 6 People with hoodies have been stereotyped &amp;quot;gangsters and thugs&amp;quot; when its not the case. 7 You&amp;#39;re making a bigger mess than it already is. 8 Shake (is the word shake) your hands and wipe your hands on your shirt. I don&amp;#39;t have a towel. 9 Its more annoying to desemble furniture than to assemble it as you...</description></item><item><title>Hearing problems...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HearingProblems/lgpvv/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:44:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952616</guid><dc:creator>madhulk</dc:creator><description>Hello guys! Can you complete the *** lines I can&amp;#39;t here exactly?  Here&amp;#39;s the link to the audio file.    There isn&amp;#39;t a day that goes by that I don&amp;#39;t think about the man. Not the crime, the man.*** to kill a man*** gun from a hundred feet away. All you *** and never look him in his eyes. Every action, every movement and every thought. It&amp;#39;s not something you can ***. Become a produtive member of society. Get a job. But first I *** situation. Brickner... *** an hour and don&amp;#39;t ask questions ***, all right? Hands off, okay? What&amp;#39;s wrong? *** clothes for ***. You coundn&amp;#39;t afford the price for ***. Would you bring that***. Hey! Don&amp;#39;t*** touch me! I got a job, I got two jobs actually. Good. Hey *** think *** a...</description></item><item><title>Re: Just as quickly/fast</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JustAsQuicklyFast/lgxjw/post.htm#952464</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:32:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952464</guid><dc:creator>yankee</dc:creator><description>How would you say this?   1 I woke him up in 10 seconds, It usually takes forever as he&amp;#39;s a heavy sleeper. I asked him a question and he fell asleep just as quickly as he woke up. I might say it this way:  He sleeps like the dead, and it usually takes forever to wake him up. I managed to wake him up in a matter of seconds (today/this morning), but when I asked him a question, he promptly fell asleep just as quickly as
he had woken up.     Can you say this?   2 You did a better job of paying back your debts than I will. Yes. The sentence suggests that &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; has repaid a debt (or debts), and &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; is about to begin the process of repaying a debt (or debts).</description></item><item><title>Just as quickly/fast</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JustAsQuicklyFast/lgxjw/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:29:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952416</guid><dc:creator>alc24</dc:creator><description>How would you say this?   1 I woke him up in 10 seconds, It usually takes forever as he&amp;#39;s a heavy sleeper. I asked him a question and he fell asleep just as quickly as he woke up.   Can you say this?   2 You did a better job of paying back your debts than I will.   thank you</description></item><item><title>Use of THE  to represent a group</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UseOfTheToRepresentAGroup/lgmpg/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:05:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:951938</guid><dc:creator>musicgold</dc:creator><description>Hi, The following paragraph is from a book. I am confused about how the author uses ‘the&amp;#39; to represent a group. The author has used ‘the&amp;#39; before these banks in once instance and omitted in two instances. What is the logic here?   Corporations&amp;#39; dependence on bank loans had decreased with time, as they increasingly tapped the debt market. Commercial banks therefore entered the fixed income business and the investment banks&amp;#39; market share in this business slipped. As a result investment banks focused on higher value -added products like structured debt, derivatives and proprietary trading.   Thanks, MG.</description></item><item><title>Re: Economy</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Economy/lbxnk/post.htm#949876</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:11:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:949876</guid><dc:creator>cool breeze</dc:creator><description>Could you give me a link to that article?  I had no special article in mind. Everyone familiar with western currency flows knows that. Here is an American article about it.   &amp;quot; In the last five years, China has spent as much as one-seventh of its
entire economic output buying foreign debt, mostly American.&amp;quot;  - New York Times, January 7, 2009    If you google with the words china united states lend money , you&amp;#39;ll get lots of sources.</description></item><item><title>Re: 10 sentnece need help with??</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/10SentneceNeedHelpWith/lzxxv/post.htm#948197</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:02:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:948197</guid><dc:creator>philip</dc:creator><description>2. OR to get rid of all my debts 
 3. the longest stretch is between / ok 
 4. run-on: I was in the subway, and there was my son in the car next to mine, only he didn&amp;#39;t know it. 
 5. When she went in to kiss him he was yawning. 
 6. doesn&amp;#39;t give / doesn&amp;#39;t mean 
 7. instinctively, automatically 
 8. back; in reality 
 9. &amp;#39;may&amp;#39; is more natural here 
 10. &amp;#39;throw something in someone&amp;#39;s face&amp;#39; usually implies a negative feeling. It&amp;#39;s correct here.</description></item><item><title>10 sentnece need help with??</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/10SentneceNeedHelpWith/lzxxv/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:52:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:947584</guid><dc:creator>alc24</dc:creator><description>Could you please help me with this?   1 Do you think he saw the code (I punched in) 2 I&amp;#39;m trying to rid myself of all debt. 3 The longest station is between x and y./the two station which are furthest apart from one another are x and y. 4 I was in the subway and there was my son in the car next to mine, only he didn&amp;#39;t know. 5 She went in to kiss him when he yawned/when he was yawning. 6 Just because I owe you money does give you the right to/doesn&amp;#39;t mean you are allowed to... 7 When the song is over I instinctively press the button to listen to it again. It&amp;#39;s a habit. (is INSTICTIVELY the right word in the context to mean Do SOMETHING WITHOUT THINKING) 8 THe car is a 500 but with 600 on the back, in reality its a 500 SLK....</description></item><item><title>Re: Took on my debt...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookOnMyDebt/lzmkm/post.htm#947087</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:40:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:947087</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
 Frankie: It&amp;#39;s a relief, you know? When Reno took on my debt ( Paid it? ) No. Assumed responsibility for paying it.  
 
 he gave me my life back. And I&amp;#39;d do the same for him. 
 Did he tell you how it happened? 
 John: It&amp;#39;s not important. 
 Frankie: No. I gotta say it out loud. You&amp;#39;re a big reason I&amp;#39;m able to. 
 I belonged to Veltz. It wasn&amp;#39;t a relationship, it was a business agreement. 
 I was young... I was desperate and I needed the money. 
 He needed a place to put his... dissatisfaction with life . ( He raped her? )  Probably, although it&amp;#39;s unclear from the context you have supplied. Anyway, it sounds like he treated her badly. 
   
 After a while 
 I went numb. ( I&amp;#39;m not sure if I...</description></item><item><title>Took on my debt...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TookOnMyDebt/lzmkm/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:09:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:946946</guid><dc:creator>madhulk</dc:creator><description>Frankie: It&amp;#39;s a relief, you know? When Reno took on my debt ( Paid it? )  he gave me my life back. And I&amp;#39;d do the same for him. Did he tell you how it happened? John: It&amp;#39;s not important. Frankie: No. I gotta say it out loud. You&amp;#39;re a big reason I&amp;#39;m able to. I belonged to Veltz. It wasn&amp;#39;t a relationship, it was a business agreement. I was young... I was desperate and I needed the money.  He needed a place to put his... dissatisfaction with life . ( He raped her? ) After a while  I went numb. ( I&amp;#39;m not sure if I heard that one correct. Anyway she had a   mental breakdown? ) Reno and Veltz had business back then and when he saw me he knew what was up. He convinced Veltz to sell me to him... He wanted to free me....</description></item><item><title>Re: Please help with these sentences thank you</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseTheseSentencesThank-You/lvdwm/post.htm#944343</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:31:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944343</guid><dc:creator>philip</dc:creator><description>8. late, 
 9. better without for 
 10. on this street 
 11. your outstanding debt  what you ow me is much more natural 
 12.  &amp;quot;it must be assumed that the letter has been sent&amp;quot; 
 14 purposes 
  
 2 is right; 1 would be &amp;#39;he&amp;#39;s so stupid to do that&amp;#39;  - &amp;#39;he would be stupid to do that&amp;#39; [he hasn&amp;#39;t done it yet.</description></item><item><title>Please help with these sentences thank you</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseTheseSentencesThank-You/lvdwm/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:57:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:939398</guid><dc:creator>alc24</dc:creator><description>Could you please look at this? please   1 We talked about something else so we wouldn&amp;#39;t get caught laughing about him, but in reality we were talking about him. 2 Thats how I/it work, if your not happy go go deal with someone else. 3 I saw her from afar/from far and waved. 4 You fooled everyone. You&amp;#39;re not the person you made out to be. 5 Its a lot faster via the stairs/if you take the stairs. 6 I wish we could go back to the days when we were friends. 7 I walked through the city to get home. 8 I got to the appointment late but the doctor was behind schedule to begin with. 9 How many months do I have left until/before the end of the treatment. How many more months do I have to leave it on (for)? 10 I&amp;#39;m looking for number 14...</description></item><item><title>Re: What the Hell?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatTheHell/lvjvv/post.htm#941148</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:29:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:941148</guid><dc:creator>paul valois</dc:creator><description>Around 50% of all bankruptcies are caused by medical expenses. Of those 50%, over 75% are people who had health insurance at the time of their injury, or at the onset of their disease. My office has filed more than 300 bankruptcy cases this year. We don&amp;#39;t track insurance coverage, but medical expenses were the primary discharged debts in 14 percent of our cases. I suspect that the numbers you quote come from some entity with a political agenda.</description></item><item><title>Re: Can verify this translation ? Thanks</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CanVerifyTranslationThanks/jkwwv/post.htm#920482</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:25:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:920482</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hello my friend, Perhaps this is a more encompassing translation. :)  1. The greatest enemy in life is the self 2. The greatest ignorance in life is deceit 3. The greatest failure in life is vanity 4. The greatest tragedy in life is jealousy 5. The greatest error in life is to lose oneself 6. The greatest crime in life is disloyalty to parents 7. The greatest pity in life is self-belittlement 8. The greatest pride in life is recovering from failures 9. The greatest bankruptcy in life is hopelessness 10. The greatest wealth in life is health 11. The greatest debt in life is affection 12. The greatest gift in life is forgiveness 13. The greatest short-coming in life is lack of awareness. 14. The greatest consolation in life is charity.</description></item><item><title>Wh-word:countable or uncountable</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhWordCountableUncountable/kqzgh/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:31:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:915372</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hi. Could you tell me if the word &amp;quot;joy&amp;quot; that follows the word &amp;quot;What&amp;quot; is uncountable or countable? 
  
 Oh, Yes,  What joy for those who don&amp;#39;t have to pay their debts. 
  
 Would it be correct in a certain context to use this? 
  
 Oh, Yes,  What a joy for those who don&amp;#39;t have to pay their debts.</description></item><item><title>Re: I need your help to help me for preparing job interview</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IPreparingInterview/kpjgc/post.htm#912786</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:33:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:912786</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>Frankly, I do not understand much of your text, but I have tried to fix some places:       1.What are the main responsibilities of this position?  
 The main responsibilities are to advise  regarding curriculum, criteria and
 regulations  in this discipline to comply with the rules of the university and
also support them with related activities
both in academics and ethics. 
  
 2.How did you perform credit analysis?  


 First, I performed the following as criteria and policies of the company and considered the customers' ability to pay. These were: income , debt, and  expenses  as well as common sense.  
 3.What is the difference between a personal loan and a hire-purchase loan? 
  

 There are differences in term of...</description></item><item><title>I need your help to help me for preparing job interview</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IPreparingInterview/kpjgc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:01:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:911610</guid><dc:creator>debangkok</dc:creator><description>Dear All, 
 
 I am preparing my job interview for acdamic staff at international school of entrepreneur. 
 Please help me about this. 
  
 1.What are the main responsibilities of this position? (ask about my understanding of this position) 
 The main responsibilities are to advisory in curriculum, citeria and regulation of this dsipline that comply with rule of university and also support them with related activities to be great graduates that both in acdemic and ethic. 
  
 2.How did you perform credit analysis? (Ask about my previous job) 
 First, I performed following as criteria and policy of the company and considered of ability to pay of customers, These were: 
 Imcome, debt, expense 
 as well as ,y common sense 
...</description></item><item><title>Please help me edit these sentences</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseEditTheseSentences/kphwv/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:14:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:911068</guid><dc:creator>debangkok</dc:creator><description>Dear All, 
 I am preparing my job interview for acdamic staff at international school of entrepreneur. 
 Please help me about this. 
  
 1.What are the main responsibilities of this position? (ask about my understanding of this position) 
 The main responsibilities are to advisory in curriculum, citeria and regulation of this dsipline that comply with rule of university and also support them with related activities to be great graduates that both in acdemic and ethic. 
  
 2.How did you perform credit analysis? (Ask about my previous job) 
 First, I performed following as criteria and policy of the company and considered of ability to pay of customers, These were: 
 Imcome, debt, expense 
 as well as ,y common sense 
 3.What...</description></item><item><title>Conditionals, Zero, First, Second, Third, Mixed.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ConditionalsZeroFirstSecondThird-Mixed/kxchn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:06:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:904702</guid><dc:creator>fromwalestojapan</dc:creator><description>So, finished this exercise, but I was a little unsure as to what exactly constituted a mixed conditional. 
 Also, I seem to have answered a disproportionate amount of the answers &amp;#39;Second Conditionals&amp;#39;. I think I have over-represented this conditional! Feedback is greatly appreciated :) Matt 
  
 1.  If I knew where he lived, I’d visit him.    1- Zero 2.  If you heat water to 100° Celsius, it boils.   2- Zero 3.  If I hadn’t picked up Martin’s wallet, he would be in dire straits now.  3- Third 4.  If you go out alone at night, you will get into trouble.    4- First 5.  If you had studied Spanish last year, you would have been fluent by now.  5- Second 6.  If I eat chocolate all the time, I get fat.     6- Zero 7.  If I were...</description></item><item><title>Re: Essay Writing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayWriting/kvqwb/post.htm#897246</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:33:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:897246</guid><dc:creator>benny777</dc:creator><description>Hello Jamillah, let me start off first by complimenting you on a really heartfelt essay, often times when you&amp;#39;re reading something, it can be hard to feel attached to the writer&amp;#39;s experience, because they don&amp;#39;t capture the emotion of their situation that well. However with your essay, I felt like you really described how you felt and I like how you challenged yourself by faith, as a Christian myself I live by faith, trusting and often failing to go through with God&amp;#39;s plan even when it makes me uncomfortable. Anyways I am an English tutor and so I wanted to correct your essay with you. 
 The first thing I want to address with you are grammatical issues, then the second thing I will address with you will be the ending of...</description></item><item><title>Has risen by 30 percent</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HasRisenBy30Percent/kkhxd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:40:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:886604</guid><dc:creator>angliholic</dc:creator><description>In the past ten years, the number of Americans using 90 percent of their disposable income to pay off credit card debts                          by 30 percent. 
  
  
  (A) has been rising    (B) will have risen    (C) was rising    (D) has risen  
   
   
 Hi, 
 I&amp;#39;d pick D to fit in the above. 
 But I wonder if it&amp;#39;s because of &amp;quot;be 30 percent&amp;quot; that A doesn&amp;#39;t work. That is, if &amp;quot;by 30 percent&amp;quot; is deleted, then A also flies.  
 Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.</description></item><item><title>Re: The pronunciation of debris</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThePronunciationOfDebris/kjmwm/post.htm#883061</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:53:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:883061</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>Why is the s silent in debris? Silent letters are as common as mud in English. Why that one in particular? The t in ballet is also silent, and the t in depot and beret, and the w in answer and sword, and the p in psyche and pneumonia, and the b in dumb and debt, and doubt, and lots of others.   CJ</description></item><item><title>WIth respect to/ in respect of/ in respect to; prospect</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WithRespectRespectRespect-Prospect/kjlgz/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:03:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:882713</guid><dc:creator>christanford</dc:creator><description>Hi,  The buildings were first assessed in respect to historical interest, architectural merit, group value, social value and local interest, authenticity and rarity.   1. My dictionary has &amp;#39;with respect to&amp;#39; and &amp;#39;in respect of&amp;#39;, but not &amp;#39;in respect to&amp;#39;. Is that phrase common? 2. Is there any difference between &amp;#39;with respect to&amp;#39; and &amp;#39;in respect of&amp;#39;? 
  
  
  Opponents should not rule out the prospect that talented architects can alwayts inject new life to the site by incorporating Central Market in innovative designs.  
    
  There is no immediate prospect of peace.  
    
  There is a resonable prospect that his debts will be paid.  
  
 3. Can I change &amp;#39;prospect&amp;#39; to...</description></item><item><title>Re: Mainly tense questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MainlyTenseQuestions/kjvrn/post.htm#881850</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:28:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:881850</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hi. Could the sentence I wrote be correct if I inserted some time words to the sentences like below? 
  
 His debt was paid off two weeks ago , his house was upgraded three weeks ago , his kids have gone to good schools, and his health has improved. 
  
 As you said, I think it needs to be made separate sentences, but aside from that, do you think the insertion of what I would call time words (look underlined parts) would make the sentences correct?</description></item><item><title>Re: Mainly tense questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MainlyTenseQuestions/kjvrn/post.htm#880667</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:57:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:880667</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>1. Would you say the past tense is incorrect for the underlined part?   Not really incorrect, but strange.  Would you say the present and present perfect tenses are correct under a right sentential context? Yes. The present is better.  Again, the present perfect seems strange.    He has produced things that are/have been/was so realistic.     Further comments:   things that were  in the past.   so is strange there. I&amp;#39;d say  very.    2. Is it correct to have some parts of a sentence in past
passive (did I name it correctly?  The name is OK. ) and some in present perfect in this
what  looks seems to be a long setence?  It&amp;#39;s not very good. No.  Is this punctuated correctly anyway? 
 No. It&amp;#39;s a &amp;quot;comma splice&amp;quot;. &lt;span...</description></item><item><title>Mainly tense questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MainlyTenseQuestions/kjvrn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:51:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:880596</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hi. 
 1. Would you say the past tense is incorrect for the underlined part? 
 Would you say the present and present perfect tenses are correct under a right sentential context? 
  
 He has produced things that are/have been/was so realistic. 
   
 2. Is it correct to have some parts of a sentence in past passive (did I name it correctly?) and some in present perfect in this what looks to be a long setence? Is this punctuated correctly anyway? Personally I think it is not correctly punctuated. What would possibly be the reason for using past passive in some and present perfect in some other? 
  
 His debt was paid off, his house was upgraded, his kids have gone to good schools, and his health has improved.</description></item><item><title>Re: HORROR!!!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Horror/ldxwc/post.htm#937798</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:14:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:937798</guid><dc:creator>mc</dc:creator><description>I posted a link to a national debt clock and got accused of being pro Bush by one poster and a &amp;quot;leftist&amp;quot; by another. Well you *are*, Blanche. You are! &amp;quot;If you can, tell me something happy.&amp;quot; - Marybones</description></item><item><title>Re: HORROR!!!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Horror/ldxwc/post.htm#937797</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:00:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:937797</guid><dc:creator>paulo joe jingy</dc:creator><description>Where are the &amp;quot;OT&amp;quot; police when the leftists come out at night?  Here. I posted a link to a national debt clock and got accused of being pro Bush by one poster and a &amp;quot;leftist&amp;quot; by another. Hmmm... Paulo Joe Jingy &amp;quot;I just couldn&amp;#39;t live in a world without me.&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>Re: Definition of until</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DefinitionOfUntil/kwlbj/post.htm#877736</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:51:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:877736</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>he keeps paying his debt, but when he turns 60 years old, he will stop paying off his debt. At 60 years old, he will stopy paying off his debt.  At 60 years old, he will leave the house.</description></item><item><title>Definition of until</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DefinitionOfUntil/kwlbj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:44:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:877719</guid><dc:creator>lionforsleeping</dc:creator><description>StartFragment &amp;gt; 
 &amp;quot;He have to pay off his debts until he&amp;#39;s 60 years old.&amp;quot; 
 Through When does he have to pay off it? 59 years old? 60 years old? 
  
 &amp;quot;He will live in the house until he&amp;#39;s 60 years.&amp;quot; 
 Through When does he live in the house? 59 years old? 60 years old?</description></item><item><title>Re: Ugly Americans</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UglyAmericans/3/ldnnw/Post.htm#937709</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:23:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:937709</guid><dc:creator>paul valois</dc:creator><description>America the nation is another matter. If I had to sum up the stereotype it would be: Power Without Nobility.\ ... nature of America as seen by outsiders. Pretending to be so helpful to others, but meantime it&amp;#39;s all about self-interest. What a crock of whiny-ass crap. http://tinyurl.com/kldl5r Some other points in no particular order: America is not in my good books right now. Thanks to Wall Street, ... investments has dropped 30%, as have my chances of getting a good-paying job, when I&amp;#39;m on the brink of retiring. Yeah... Wall Street is ruining your Cape Town lifestyle. Not your loser government, whose inefficacy forces you to sequester your wives and daughters gated communities lest they be &amp;quot;jackrolled&amp;quot; by a gang of...</description></item><item><title>Re: HORROR!!!</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Horror/ldxwc/post.htm#937677</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:43:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:937677</guid><dc:creator>paulo joe jingy</dc:creator><description>http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Paulo Joe Jingy &amp;quot;I just couldn&amp;#39;t live in a world without me.&amp;quot;  I somehow doubt you were worried about it when Bush Jr. was Prez. Now all the sudden it&amp;#39;s a problem. ... Contact said; &amp;quot;The first rule of government is; why buy one, when you can buy two at twice the cost?&amp;quot; Oh yeah, I have a history of being a HUGE Bush supporter. You got me there! I used &amp;quot;HORROR!!!&amp;quot; as a joke. The heading probably should have been &amp;quot;NUMBING!!!&amp;quot;, because that&amp;#39;s what it is, especially when you get to the &amp;quot;Unfunded Debt&amp;quot;. It&amp;#39;s something like a $192,000 for each American man, woman and child and increasing rapidly. ($59 trillion.) Plus a $38,000 portion of the national...</description></item><item><title>Re: Ugly Americans</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UglyAmericans/3/ldnnw/Post.htm#937666</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:14:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:937666</guid><dc:creator>martin b</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Ovum&amp;quot; What do people in your country say about Americans behind our backs, and how have the actual Americans you&amp;#39;ve interacted with (including the ones here on MWSm) fit or disproved the stereotype? The few Americans I&amp;#39;ve met have been nice people, but then they&amp;#39;ve been friends of friends, or young Americans I met on my travels when I was also young (they were nice but they were ignorant), or belonged to the same world-wide organisation. I&amp;#39;ve never met the cartoon American tourist in his Hawaiian shirt with six cameras, because I don&amp;#39;t frequent touristy places and anyway we don&amp;#39;t get that many US visitors in SA. We get plenty appearing on talk shows promoting books or Oprah-stuff or charitable works and...</description></item><item><title>Re: Ugly Americans</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UglyAmericans/ldnnw/post.htm#937479</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:30:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:937479</guid><dc:creator>paul valois</dc:creator><description>This is a question for Martin, Bert, MC and anyone else who lives outside the U.S. What do people in ... the actual Americans you&amp;#39;ve interacted with (including the ones here on MWSm) fit or disproved the stereotype? . An interesting question. Are we talking about the present? Are we dealing with the &amp;quot;what has America you done for us lately&amp;quot; mentality? My former boss was assigned to an English-based U.S. Army Air Base in 1945 (no Air Force then). When he left the base on leave, he couldn&amp;#39;tpay for anything - no Englishman or Englishwoman would take his money for anything, not for gas (precious as it was), not for lodging, not for food, and even not for merchandise. And not even for sex. Of course, that was then, and this...</description></item><item><title>Re: English</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/English/kggmr/post.htm#866761</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:49:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:866761</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>i need senteces for these words
 immesely cowered valiant consolidation bungalow seglowee 
    Try dictionaries. They sometimes have example sentences. You could also try Google.   CJ</description></item><item><title>English</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/English/kggmr/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:12:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:866626</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>i need senteces for these words 
 immesely cowered valiant consolidation bungalow seglowee</description></item><item><title>Re: Different ways of saying thanks</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentWaysSayingThanks/kgzvr/post.htm#866374</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:27:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:866374</guid><dc:creator>youngbuddy</dc:creator><description>I am forever in your debt  You have my eternal gratitude I owe you one Your graciousness is appreciated I appreciate it I&amp;#39;m very grateful for ..  Words can&amp;#39;t express how much I appreciate what you did Shokran ( in arabic ) Or above all, a nice kiss would really express</description></item><item><title>HOW to write an apologize letter and ASK for a CREDIT EXTENSION?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowWriteApologizeLetterCredit-Extension/kgvnn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:17:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:866078</guid><dc:creator>patricia lee</dc:creator><description>HELLO, I HAVE TO MAKE CLEAR TO MY SELLER THAT I HAVE NOT PAID MY ACCOUNTS ON TIME BECAUSE MY CLIENT HAS ALSO A DELAY OF THE PAYMENT OF ME. ACTUALLY MY BILL IS IN THE DEBT(16 DAYS DUE) AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO MY SELLER THE SITUATION, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR AN EXTENTION IN TIME (15 DAYS TO GATHER THE MONEY). MY SELLER JUST SENDS HIS FIRST MESSAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT COLLETION. SO HOW I WRITTE A LETTER TO CONVINCE IN ORDER THAT HE CANNOT CLOSE MY CREDIT LINE? OOH I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.</description></item><item><title>Re: Comma or no comma 2</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrNoComma2/kzhrq/post.htm#861843</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:06:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:861843</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>I am trying to settle a debt with an employer before it goes to small claims court. And can you explain the reason for using a comma? Thanks again!</description></item><item><title>Re: John Hughes: RIP</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/JohnHughesRip/ldgwv/post.htm#935524</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:58:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:935524</guid><dc:creator>avoid normal situations.</dc:creator><description>The most remarkable thing about Hughes&amp;#39;s work, looking back, is how he worked in such an utterly contemptible subgenre &amp;quot;let&amp;#39;s suck up to the teenie-weenies so they&amp;#39;ll give us their money&amp;quot; yet made a lot of films that are surprisingly palatable... even today, even when you&amp;#39;re a grownup, and even taking into account that Weird Science today makes me want to barf. We &amp;#39;80s survivors, particularly those of us who had to be a teenager during that decade, owe him a debt of gratitude for helping make that time just a bit more palatable. Unusually fine soundtracks, too. You have to give him at least that much. alt.flame Special Forces &amp;quot;Rudeness is the weak man&amp;#39;s imitation of strength.&amp;quot; Eric Hoffer</description></item><item><title>Re: THAN VS RATHER THAN AND UNTIL + TO AS OPPOSED TO "BEFORE"</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThanRatherUntilOpposed/kcnvq/post.htm#849333</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:16:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:849333</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
 
  I hope that you are going to start punctuating and using capitals in future posts,as i suggested. earlier. The lack of this makes all these sentences wrong. It also makes them a little harder for me to understand quickly. 
  
 when i can no longer avoid get ting expelled i&amp;#39;ll change schools OK 
 it cost 10 dollars more in /on gas per day to drive a car than a moped/rather than a moped/it&amp;#39;s 10 dollars more expensive in gas per day to drive a car than a moped  I&amp;#39;m not sure about this one  I&amp;#39;d say FIRST and THIRD Yes  
 wait unil he gets back to call/before calling   wait until he gets back to call Both  
  
 
 it will cost me 10 dollars in gas to drive a moped per day rather than 20 if i were to drive a...</description></item><item><title>Re: Grammar help some 5 sentences</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarHelpSome5Sentences/kcmjd/post.htm#849149</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:13:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:849149</guid><dc:creator>mr wordy</dc:creator><description>The word &amp;quot;I&amp;quot; is always capitalised. Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (or question mark or exclamation mark). 
  
 Some of the commas I&amp;#39;ve suggested are not mandatory. I just feel they help make the sentences easier to parse. The fixing of the incorrectly punctuated run-on sentences is mandatory (in correct English). 
  
 She&amp;#39;s more at home than me, since it&amp;#39;s her mom that owns the place more than I. -- I suppose it&amp;#39;s possible someone could say this, but you have to ask yourself exactly what is meant by someone owning something &amp;quot;more than&amp;quot; someone else. &amp;quot;more than me&amp;quot; would be more common here in everyday English. 
  
 Beautiful/beautifully colored eyes -- ...</description></item><item><title>THAN VS RATHER THAN AND UNTIL + TO AS OPPOSED TO "BEFORE"</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThanRatherUntilOpposed/kcnvq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:31:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:848877</guid><dc:creator>alc24</dc:creator><description>could someone go over my corrections , i&amp;#39;m not sure they are right 
  
  
 
 when i can no longer avoid get ting expelled i&amp;#39;ll change schools 
 it cost 10 dollars more in /on gas per day to drive a car than a moped/rather than a moped/it&amp;#39;s 10 dollars more expensive in gas per day to drive a car than a moped  I&amp;#39;m not sure about this one  I&amp;#39;d say FIRST and THIRD  
 wait unil he gets back to call/bedfore calling   wait until he gets back to call  
  
 
 it will cost me 10 dollars in gas to drive a moped per day rather than 20 if i were to drive a car  OK but you can also use INSTEAD OF 20... OR AS OPPOSED TO 20...  
 i won&amp;#39;t forget what you have done for me for the rest of my life, at least the reaminder of...</description></item><item><title>Grammar help some 5 sentences</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarHelpSome5Sentences/kcmjd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:02:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:848660</guid><dc:creator>alc24</dc:creator><description>hello, can someone check my corrections please 
  
  
 
 She&amp;#39;s more at home than me, since its her mom that owns the place more than I 
 Beautiful/beautifully colored eyes   Beautifully colored eyes as in she has beautifully colored eyes 
 Pretty/prettily colored eyes  prettily colored 
 Weird/weirdly colored eyes  weirdly colored but its not said often 
 If i am to spend as much money on my parents as they did  have on me i’d have to take them to dinner everyday until they died 
 out of all you&amp;#39;re friends you like him the most even though he doesn&amp;#39;t try hard to get you to like him, it&amp;#39;s as if he didn&amp;#39;t care about you/doesn&amp;#39;t try hard for me to like him  1st one 
 out of all your supposed friends...</description></item><item><title>Re: Political Apartheid In Screenwriting</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PoliticalApartheidScreenwriting/2/ldcjx/Post.htm#934285</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:22:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:934285</guid><dc:creator>paul valois</dc:creator><description>No one is trying to silence you. You can shoot your damn fool mouth of all you like, just don&amp;#39;t expect us to give you a cookie for it. Hmm... Obviously, a &amp;quot;damn fool mouth&amp;quot; can be addressed forthwith by the facts. Maybe you could tell us how doling you billions of tax dollars to GM in February, followed by a bankruptcy discharging billions of dollars in GM debt to taxpayers, followed by doling out billions of dollars to GM&amp;#39;s competitors (including foreign manufacturers) makes sense? Got a clue, pal? Huh? Perhaps, you could tell us why I&amp;#39;m a &amp;quot;damned fool&amp;quot; for asking? Huh, Sport? Care to give it a shot? Let&amp;#39;s hear you your damning refutation of my obvious idiocy. I&amp;#39;m all ears.</description></item><item><title>Compnaies'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Compnaies/jqgrq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:18:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:832047</guid><dc:creator>musicgold</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
   
 Is the following text grammatically correct? 
   
  Our focus will be on these  companies’  sustainability of operating performance.  As capital markets are opening up  , and debt refinancing worries are receding, we think, regulators would start paying more attention to …  
   
 Thanks, 
   
 MG.</description></item><item><title>Re: The use of involve...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheUseOfInvolve/jqzzp/post.htm#831844</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:43:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:831844</guid><dc:creator>cool breeze</dc:creator><description>It seems fine to me.   &amp;quot;To INVOLVE is to bring more or less deeply into something, esp. of a complicated, embarrassing, or troublesome nature: to involve someone in debt.&amp;quot; - Random House Unabridged Dictionary   Extra work can be &amp;quot;troublesome&amp;quot;.   CB</description></item></channel></rss>