http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3aPgeorgieff&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:Pgeorgieff'en-USXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaHeatedArgument/chclx/post.htm#202283Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:08:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202283pgeorgieffAnd please, you ask lot of questions, pay attention to following notice: I just want to encourage "anonymous" posters to register and start posting with a screen name. Answering anonymous posts is a bit like talking to someone who is wearing dark glasses -- except "Anonymous" might be any number of different people! When I reply to posts, it's much more satisfying to think that I am responding to an individual with a name. (It's just a suggestion. Go ahead and post anonymously if you really prefer it that way.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaHeatedArgument/chclx/post.htm#202282Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:06:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202282pgeorgieffIf a sharped argument leads to tensions and outburst of emotions, it is necessary to do everything to calm the situation and to regain positive «win-win» perspective.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaTricks/chcmr/post.htm#202276Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:56:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202276pgeorgieff* "method of approach" is better to be used, because you have specified its name. In the opposite «win-lose» approach, during preparation, different tricks are being considered, as well as the ways of exercising power and numerous manipulative techniques available to exert pressure and dominance over the other party. This * approach certainly does not contribute to trust building and cherishing long-standing relations .http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaToReachAnAgreement/chcmb/post.htm#202264Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:39:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202264pgeorgieffThe phase two in negotiation is the «negotiating session» itself, in other words, meeting which is meant to come to an agreement (reach an agreement - depending on you words).http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaUltimateIntention/chcmv/post.htm#202260Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:30:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202260pgeorgieffA skilful and well-prepared negotiator will comparatively easy recognize those techniques and accept them as such, and will not allow them to shake his confidence, which is mostly the ultimate intention of those who use such tricks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaVeerInto/chcmh/post.htm#202253Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:13:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202253pgeorgieffSure your sentence is entirely correct.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SyllabicConsonant/cgxpd/post.htm#202240Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:26:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:202240pgeorgieffHere is more information, that can help you. A syllabic consonant is a consonant which either forms a syllable of its own, or is the nucleus of a syllable. The diacritic for this in the IPA is the under-stroke, < . >. Examples from English are button , bottle , butter (in dialects which pronounce final ar). In words such as church, the syllabic nucleus may be either a rhotic vowel , a diphtong , or a syllabic ar, depending on the dialect and speaker. Note that all of these consonants are sonorants . The only time obstruents are used syllabically in English is in onomatopeia , such as sh! (a command to be quiet), sss (the hiss of a snake), zzz (thehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoodOnToFor/cchdb/post.htm#179135Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:36:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:179135pgeorgieffgood better best If you are good at something, you are skilful and successful at doing it. He was very good at his work. I'm not very good at singing. He is one of the best players in the world. I always played football with my older brother because I was good for my age. * bad, poor good better best If something is good for a person or organization, it benefits them. Rain water was once considered to be good for the complexion. Nancy chose the product because it is better for the environment. good If something changes or disappears for good , it never changes back or comes back as it was before. The days of big-time racing at Herne Hill had gone for good. A few shots of this drug cleared up...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularConnection-Companies/cchvl/post.htm#179134Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:29:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:179134pgeorgieffI think the person who has wrote this letter, has meant the company's personnel. He's used "they", because from his point of view, there are two business situation : we - our company (me and others or whole personnel), and they - others companies, or particular one company's stuff.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AlarmIssueIsItCorrect/cchlb/post.htm#179114Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:53:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:179114pgeorgieffAlarm Issue 12 issue Integrated Sensor Unit (avionics)http://www.englishforums.com/English/EuStandardsStandardDirectives-Directives/ccgqz/post.htm#178972Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:53:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:178972pgeorgieffIt's correct to use EU standards/directives, because it is in accepted sense of the term, and the standards/directives are common for Europe. You should apply and obey the definite article rules in this case.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SthProjectPhaseProjectStage/cchdn/post.htm#178965Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:31:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:178965pgeorgieffGenerally speaking both are admissible, but phase is a particular stage in a process or in the gradual development of something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Underneath/cczwz/post.htm#178518Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:13:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:178518pgeorgieffUnderneath = from below, under; Use "beneath" instead of "under", it sounds better in both sentences.http://www.englishforums.com/English/OpenSense/ccdpz/post.htm#178154Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:03:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:178154pgeorgieffopen sense of possibility - one has the ability to see vast prospects lie before one, consequently one can explore every avenue, leave no avenue unexplored ->a culture of oragnization <- to know how to use the open sense of possibility; = organizing culture; mentality = mental constitution/make up, turn/cast/attitude of mind; mind, thought.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeaningBeLostOn/ccdln/post.htm#178138Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:00:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:178138pgeorgieff10 lost If advice or a comment is lost on someone, they do not understand it or they pay no attention to it. The meaning of that was lost on me. This was a neighborhood where clearly you could be murdered for a pack of cigarettes, a fact that was not lost on me. PHR: V inflects, PHR n (c) HarperCollins Publishers. sth was not lost on one-> one paid attention to sth, one understood sth. sth - somethinghttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MoneyMoniesFoodFoods/ccvgj/post.htm#178136Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:53:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:178136pgeorgieffNote that monies is not the plural form of money, it means resources, funds. money 1 money Money is the coins or bank notes that you use to buy things, or the sum that you have in a bank account. A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors. Players should be allowed to earn money from advertising. She probably had more money but she didn't spend it. ...discounts and money saving offers. N-UNCOUNT 2 money monies or moneys Monies is used to refer to several separate sums of money that form part of a larger amount that is received or spent. (FORMAL) We drew up a schedule of payments for the rest of the monies owed. ...the investment and management of...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pleonasm/cbcjm/post.htm#178025Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:20:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:178025pgeorgieffYou can find it here, what is pleonasm and its variations. There are two kinds of pleonasm: syntactic pleonasm and semantic pleonasm. Have a look into this site, there is enough information about the greek word and its apposition in some languages nowaday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pleonasm/cbcjm/post.htm#177029Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:41:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:177029pgeorgieffIt is not pleonasm too. bring off = save, rescue (from sth), but to bring it off = succed (in, with ger.), be successful (in, with ger.), manage (to, with inf).