http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3aJackson6612&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:Jackson6612'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowDoYouSayWolpert/jbjwj/post.htmMon, 01 Jun 2009 01:26:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:759348jackson6612How do you say 'Wolpert'? Is it like 'wul-pert'?http://www.englishforums.com/English/JohnNelsonsBestMovieEvolution-Thinking/jbjvq/post.htmMon, 01 Jun 2009 00:50:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:759287jackson6612Please correct the given text: John Nelson's best movie so far is 'Evolution of Thinking' and perhaps it will always be his 'the best'. Almost every frame relates to the history and sometimes certain scenes will combine the two historic periods together in the frame. Every character representing a different theme and personality. Astonishingly, the movie still flows like a river and anyone can understand it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HistoryDoesntReallyChange/jbjcx/post.htmMon, 01 Jun 2009 00:27:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:759251jackson6612Please edit/correct the given text: History doesn't really change, if you ask me. It's a kind of long-running drama where characters remain the same except the actors change. It deals with the same problems coming down since the ancient times.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HappinessCannotSpecific-Answer/jbjbn/post.htmMon, 01 Jun 2009 00:19:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:759233jackson6612Please correct/edit the given text: "What is happiness" cannot have a specific answer; It can only have a subjective answer. So, I will try to paraphrase my own personal views about it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AHybridAltaicAfroAsiatic-Languages/wnjdx/post.htm#747811Mon, 25 May 2009 23:24:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747811jackson6612Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The chemical elements are there in a same group of periodic table for a reason. The reason is they are similar in many respects. Every language needs a vocabulary, grammar, construction (which I think is also a part of grammar?), and script, that's all. What is common between the languages of a same family? What are the similarities between Urdu, Hindi, and English? Are there any? Urdu and Hindi have a common ancestor Khariboli and have a lot of common features. Urdu is written is Nastaleeq script while Hindi in Devanagari. Hindi borrows many words from Sanskrit while Urdu from Arabic and Persian. I don't think there ever was any kind of proto-language. Rather, there was...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBeingAtheistMean/wqcxb/post.htm#747767Mon, 25 May 2009 22:56:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747767jackson6612(The use of "a religion" rather than "religion" is significant. You might think about the inclusion of the article "a") How is it significant? Besides, isn't an article necessary in front of religion?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HavingIndicatingGrossnessMind-PrecludesDelicacyDiscriminatio/wqdzw/post.htm#747755Mon, 25 May 2009 22:52:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747755jackson6612Hi, Yes, you're right. It used to be a compliment to say someone was 'a discriminating person'. Now, you have to be very careful about saying such a thing. Best wishes, Clive Thank you, Clive.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HavingIndicatingGrossnessMind-PrecludesDelicacyDiscriminatio/wqdzw/post.htm#747750Mon, 25 May 2009 22:50:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747750jackson6612Thank you, Mr Micawber. So, it's morning in Japan now. You are a early riser, I have always noticed ithttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HavingIndicatingGrossnessMind-PrecludesDelicacyDiscriminatio/wqdzw/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 22:42:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747736jackson6612crass 1 a: gross 6a ; especially : having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination In what sense is 'discrimination' used above? I don't think it's used in the sense of racial discrimination. Rather, it means lack of distinction between good and bad.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesPhraseCurtainDownMean/wqdvw/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 22:32:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747719jackson6612What does the phrase ''curtain to come down" mean? Does it stand for the beginning or ending of the show?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBeingAtheistMean/wqcxb/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 21:22:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747593jackson6612Please edit/correct the given text: What does being an atheist mean? Does it mean abandonment of a religion altogether, or just the rejection of the existence of God? Isn't a religion also a part of self-identity? Doesn't it relate to your culture? Doesn't it carry the same importance as the identity of where you hail from? Does religion also relate to nationalism which itself a kind of religion? If Theodore Herzl was a committed atheist, then what did make him the founder of Zionist movement, a movement which had its entire infrastructure built on the religion, and demand for a Jewish state? Isn't it a prime example of religion used as an identity? What is a religion? A connection between God and man, or perhaps living...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWomenCreatedStateIsrael-Atheists/wmzrh/post.htm#747314Mon, 25 May 2009 18:30:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747314jackson6612Perhaps, at that time, you thought that I had posted under 'Grammar Section', or perhaps you were just sleepy.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheWomenCreatedStateIsrael-Atheists/wmzrh/post.htm#747293Mon, 25 May 2009 18:07:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747293jackson6612Or perhaps you could post a thread in the Discussions area of the Forum Hi Clive, Where is that 'Discussion area' located on the forums?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhySynagoguesIranArmedGuardsParts-Europe/wpnql/post.htm#747247Mon, 25 May 2009 17:07:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747247jackson6612Thank you for the clarification, Patrick.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EveryonesRightDissentFullProtection-Constitution/wqbkv/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 16:57:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747239jackson66121 due 1 : owed or owing as a debt 2 a : owed or owing as a natural or moral right <everyone's right to dissent… is due the full protection of the Constitution — Nat Hentoff> Please help to understand the bold part.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDutyNewspaperEditor/wqbhc/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 15:58:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747186jackson6612What is the duty of a newspaper editor? Does he edit the news entries to be politically correct and neutral?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MarkedConcernMaterialInterests-RespectabilityTendencyToward-/wqbcm/post.htm#747158Mon, 25 May 2009 15:33:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747158jackson6612I assume 'mediocrity' is used in the sense of 'ordinary' and 'average'. A person who is bourgeois will have a tendency toward superiority, not mediocrity, because he is a materialistic person. Do you get what I'm trying to say?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MarkedConcernMaterialInterests-RespectabilityTendencyToward-/wqbcm/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 14:55:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747111jackson66121 bourgeois 2 : marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity What does the bold part mean?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TodayWontLanguagePolitically-Correct/wqbbq/post.htmMon, 25 May 2009 14:51:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:747098jackson6612Please correct/edit the given text: Today I won't use the language which is politically correct rather I will be 'essentially' correct and truthful to what I say. If in the course I offend someone then I'm simply sorry because sometimes truth can be hard to digest...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhySynagoguesIranArmedGuardsParts-Europe/wpnql/post.htm#746979Mon, 25 May 2009 13:32:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:746979jackson6612Hi Patrick, Thank you for the article link. Israel didn't take part in Gulf Wars, so what do Gulf Wars have to do with the protection of synagogues? For example, during both Gulf wars there was a need for the police in the UK and other countries to protect synagogueshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhySynagoguesIranArmedGuardsParts-Europe/wpnql/post.htmSun, 24 May 2009 20:48:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:745903jackson6612I read this comment on Youtube. Can you please tell me in what parts of Europe synagogues need guards? Why don't synagogues in Iran need armed guards like they do in many parts of Europe?http://www.englishforums.com/English/AActionConanDoyleRefersActually-MadeManifestFilm/wpmpm/post.htmSun, 24 May 2009 15:52:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:745598jackson6612What does the bold parts mean? A lot of the action that Conan Doyle refers to was actually made manifest in our film. Very often, Sherlock Holmes will say things like, 'If I hadn't been such an expert short stick person, I would have died in that' or he would refer to a fight off screen . We're putting those fights on screen.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsTrueAfterClintonMisrepresented-HimselfLewinskyCase/wpjhw/post.htm#744714Sat, 23 May 2009 23:45:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:744714jackson6612Where did Ms. Lewinsky disappear after the scandal? I always thought that some day I will see her in some Hollywood movie. Okay, forget her. Hillary was a brave and sensible woman that she didn't leave her husband even after knowing that he was cheating on her. After all she knew that her husband was a human and "a man".http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsTrueAfterClintonMisrepresented-HimselfLewinskyCase/wpjhw/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 21:47:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:744591jackson6612Is this true that after Clinton misrepresented himself in Lewinsky case his law license was canceled? If this is true then he paid a heavy price for the pleasure of few minutes.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoAStuntAsAWager/wphpv/post.htm#744196Sat, 23 May 2009 15:47:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:744196jackson6612Just take a look at the people who try to get in the Guiness book of records Recently I was watching Guinness World Records show and I was just going to puke. They were eating worms and doing things which you can't even imagine in your wildest dreams. Jackie Bibby, the Texas snake man, is one step ahead of stupid people. Well, I must say he is a 'crazy' brave man. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DQk-PjsLD-A/RtbYMHvayEI/AAAAAAAAAV0/j6G-t-L09t0/s400/The+largest+number+of+snakes+gremuchih+held+in+his+mouth..jpghttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoDepositNoReturn/wphxl/post.htm#744151Sat, 23 May 2009 15:13:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:744151jackson6612Thank you, Alphecca. We have this program here for 250 ml Pepsi and Coke bottles.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoAStuntAsAWager/wphpv/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 15:05:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:744145jackson66121 wager 1 a: something (as a sum of money) risked on an uncertain event : stake b: something on which bets are laid : gamble < do a stunt as a wager > Which one the given definitions of 'stunt' fits best in the bold part? 3 stunt 1 : an unusual or difficult feat requiring great skill or daring ; especially : one performed or undertaken chiefly to gain attention or publicity 2 : a shifting or switching of the positions by defensive players at the line of scrimmage in football to disrupt the opponent's blocking effortshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NoDepositNoReturn/wphxl/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 14:57:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:744135jackson6612I have just read on Coca Cola bottle 'No Deposit No Return'. What does this mean?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhiteAngloSaxonProtestantAmerican-WhoseFamily/wpdjh/post.htmFri, 22 May 2009 20:14:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:742890jackson6612WASP White Anglo-Saxon Protestant an American whose family was originally from northern Europe and who is therefore considered to be part of the most powerful group in society How does this make someone considered to be a part of powerful group if he is from northern Europe?http://www.englishforums.com/English/FishLastWater/wxxpz/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 17:41:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:741256jackson6612What is Mr. Reggio saying? Can 'posited' also be used in place of 'premised'? "I think Einstein said that ‘ fish will be the last to know water .' My film is premised on the idea, the tragic feeling, that humans will be the last to know Technology. T hat's technology with a big T, not all the gadgets that we call technology, but Technology as the very terra firma ." Godfrey Reggiohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/EpitomeVulgarityBodyObjectification/wnvvn/post.htm#739866Wed, 20 May 2009 17:32:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:739866jackson6612Since catwalks are likely to be around for a while, you might find it easier to live with it if you decide it can be a source of chuckles. PBF Hi PBF, That was so funny. Thank you for sharing it. I also found few other sources of chuckles there. Just see how Carmen fell... it was so funny and the girl who came to pick her also fell.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyWearThoseWigsGaveAppearance-Women/wxjpg/post.htmWed, 20 May 2009 16:59:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:739812jackson6612I hope the person in the picture is wearing a wing, otherwise I don't know how someone would grow so long hair. I have observed that in the past many Europeans, especially dignitaries, wore those wigs. Why did they wear those wigs which gave them appearance of women? Didn't they feel that they were carrying a load for no obvious reason?! http://www.class.uh.edu/phil/faculty/brown/leibniz/britannica_pages/leibniz/images/leibniz.jpghttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheGymnasticsNecessaryKillerSwung-FireEscape/wxwlh/post.htm#739662Wed, 20 May 2009 15:00:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:739662jackson6612Which one of definitions of 'swing' fits best in the example sentence given below? 2gymnastic 3: a physical feat or contortion < the gymnastics necessary for the killer to have swung from the fire escape - E. D. Radin > Hi Mr Micawber, I haven't answered my own question. I don't know what caused confusion.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheGymnasticsNecessaryKillerSwung-FireEscape/wxwlh/post.htmWed, 20 May 2009 12:38:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:739456jackson6612Which one of definitions of swing fits best in the below context? 3: a physical feat or contortion <the gymnastics necessary for the killer to have swung from the fire escape - E. D. Radin>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AHybridAltaicAfroAsiatic-Languages/wnjdx/post.htm#736450Mon, 18 May 2009 19:27:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:736450jackson6612The elements in a periodic table group are there in a same group because they have many common features. Proto-Indo-European Language > Germanic > West Germanic > Old English > Middle English > English Proto-Indo-European Language > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Vedic Sanskrit> Middle Indic > Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, etc. I don't think there is much common between English and Punjabi, then how come they occupy a place in the same language group? Urdu is much close to Arabic (Afro-Asiatic language group) than to English. The third picture from the top on the linked webpage shows the posited homeland (presumably Anatolia) of Indo-European language which is the stick language. It says that Aryans brought...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ArentPalestineIsraelSeparate-Countries/wnxql/post.htmMon, 18 May 2009 18:07:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:736366jackson6612Why is this so that I have never seen, as far as I can remember, a country named Palestine on a world map? It refers to the entire area as Israel. Aren't Palestine and Israel two separate countries? http://elyakatz.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/map-middle-east-7353291.gifhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheIncreaseLandActionNatural-Forces/wnmdc/post.htmMon, 18 May 2009 07:11:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:735558jackson6612accretion 1b : the increase of land by the action of natural forces How can an area of land increase by the action of natural forces?http://www.englishforums.com/English/AHybridAltaicAfroAsiatic-Languages/wnjdx/post.htmSun, 17 May 2009 19:40:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734703jackson6612Is there any language which is a hybrid of two different language groups? A hybrid of Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages, or, a hybrid of Altaic and Afro-Asiatic languages?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheRomansGreeksDistinct-Mythologies/wnwlz/post.htm#734626Sun, 17 May 2009 18:27:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734626jackson6612Thank you very much, Clive. The Romans and Greeks had their own distinct mythologies. Zeus was the king of gods in Greek mythology while in Roman it was Jupiter. What purpose did mythologies serve for them? <<< for whom)? For Greeks and Romans. in open sky <<< what does thsis mean? Means 'in open air', 'in open space', 'sitting under some tree'. don't say etc. if you want to use an essay-type format We don't use 'etc' when we are writing an essay, is this what you mean? I feel the register in this tends to drift a bit . Do you want formal of informal? What does 'drift a bit' mean? Have you considered the possibility of religion as a mythology for...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheRomansGreeksDistinct-Mythologies/wnwlz/post.htmSun, 17 May 2009 17:32:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734541jackson6612The Romans and Greeks had their own distinct mythologies. Zeus was the king of gods in Greek mythology while in Roman it was Jupiter. What purpose did mythologies serve for them? Were Romans and Greeks sitting there in open sky like kids making up stories and fantasy figures all day long? These days we don't have any kind of mythologies. Well, I believe, in a way, we do have. Superman, Spiderman, He-Man, etc. Are they part of American mythology?http://www.englishforums.com/English/AHighSpeedDividedHighwayThrough-TrafficAccessPartiallyFully-/wnwvn/post.htmSun, 17 May 2009 16:12:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734430jackson6612expressway a high-speed divided highway for through traffic with access partially or fully controlled Please help me with the bold part.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheMinuteDifferentPronunciations-Bre/wnwbw/post.htmSun, 17 May 2009 14:48:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734374jackson6612The minute (time) has different pronunciations in AmE and BrE. AmE: me-nut BrE: me-knit The above pronunciations are only approximations. More correct version is here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/minutehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AlmostScholarlyTextPatientDifferent-Interpretations/wmphl/post.htm#734280Sun, 17 May 2009 13:37:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734280jackson6612Thank you for the confirmation, Clive.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EpitomeVulgarityBodyObjectification/wnvvn/post.htm#734274Sun, 17 May 2009 13:33:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:734274jackson6612I personally find fashion shows to be among the stupidest things on earth Me, too.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EpitomeVulgarityBodyObjectification/wnvvn/post.htmSat, 16 May 2009 15:38:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:733274jackson6612I always wonder who wears those dresses you see on fashion models. Those dresses are not only vulgar but also very strange looking. Who makes them? Fashion designers? If that's how a fashion designer works, then anyone can be a fashion designer. Take a piece of cloth, pour some ink on it and wrap it around some brainless model, making sure most of her body is exposed to the audience. You are a fashion designer then! Who do those fashion models represent? Aren't they the epitome of vulgarity and body objectification?http://www.englishforums.com/English/IAlwaysWonderWearsThoseDressesWorn-FashionModels/wnddd/post.htm#733270Sat, 16 May 2009 15:36:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:733270jackson6612Thank you for the clarification. I always wonder who wears those dresses you see on fashion models. Those dresses are not only vulgar but also very strange looking. Who makes them? Fashion designers? If that's how a fashion designer works, then anyone can be a fashion designer. Take a piece of cloth, pour some ink on it and wrap it around some brainless model, making sure most of her body is exposed to the audience. You are a fashion designer then! Who do those fashion models represent? Aren't they the epitome of vulgarity and body objectification?http://www.englishforums.com/English/AlmostScholarlyTextPatientDifferent-Interpretations/wmphl/post.htm#733258Sat, 16 May 2009 15:32:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:733258jackson6612No, I haven't checked any other dictionary. I have a handheld electronic version. I think M-W is an authoritative source so there is no need to resort to some other dictionary. By the way, which dictionary do you use?http://www.englishforums.com/English/AreTitlesDoubleColonsAllowed/wnddx/post.htm#733109Sat, 16 May 2009 13:53:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:733109jackson6612Hi, I rather favour the idea of arresting people for bad grammar. Then I will be in jail permanently.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AlmostScholarlyTextPatientDifferent-Interpretations/wmphl/post.htm#733106Sat, 16 May 2009 13:50:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:733106jackson6612Hi, Is the given sentence correct? Almost every scholarly text is patient of different interpretations. No. The word 'patient' is not correct here. Almost every scholarly text is capable of different interpretations. Clive Hi Clive, I think M-W doesn't agree with you. Am I understanding it incorrectly? 1patient 5b: susceptible, admitting <patient of one interpretation>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IAlwaysWonderWearsThoseDressesWorn-FashionModels/wnddd/post.htm#733093Sat, 16 May 2009 13:44:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:733093jackson6612Thanks a lot, Clive. making sure most of her body is open to view by the audience. I had used 'for' instead? Why isn't the use of 'for' correct here?