http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/ English for Foreigners list Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:27:32 GMT Ann English http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15189 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15189 ... [1] I think the word "although" in your first sentence confuses me. I wonder if you mean (i) I didn't have enough money to waste on an overpriced Audi Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:36:06 GMT Luis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15188 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15188 Hi there, The other day I was talking to friend and I said that although I preferred Audis, I had a Hyundai car because I didn't have enough money to waste on Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:26:21 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15187 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15187 Hi everyone, This letter is a monthly reminder for everyone in EngFor. Please sign your posts and clean them up before you send them. By "cleaning up", I mean Wed, 01 May 2013 07:27:08 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15186 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15186 Hi everyone, This letter is a monthly reminder for everyone in EngFor. Please sign your posts and clean them up before you send them. By "cleaning up", I mean Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:53:55 GMT Ann English http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15185 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15185 ... Ann wrote ... Aha. Now I understand. A prophylactic is medicine or a course of action taken to prevent disease or as a precaution against disease, etc. Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:02:45 GMT r_vatsyayana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15184 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15184 I was attending a lecture on Intellectual Property and that's where I saw these two words together. Regards RV Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:41:39 GMT Ann English http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15183 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15183 ... What's the context? That is, where did you see or hear the two words together in that order? Ann www.lulu.com/AnnEnglish Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:04:12 GMT r_vatsyayana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15182 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15182 What does "prophylactic publication" mean? Did google but couldn't get a clear sense of it. If a paper is published in a scientific journal, can this paper be Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:07:06 GMT Jack Waller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15181 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15181 If you forward this, please be a good emailer, and delete previous sender addresses. Subject: Homographs & Heteronyms Homographs are words of like spelling but Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:08:48 GMT Benek http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15180 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15180 Dear All,   I am a native speaker of Polish. My strong desire is to take up an advanced English course for academic purposes. I estimate that my English level Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:30:11 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15179 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15179 Hi everyone, This letter is a monthly reminder for everyone in EngFor. Please sign your posts and clean them up before you send them. By "cleaning up", I mean Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:37:32 GMT Ann English http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15178 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15178 ... Answer 1 Yes, we say correctly "D [is okay] or A is okay" and we say "D and A are okay." Answer 2 For style, use "is" when either D or A (but not both) is Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:20:20 GMT r_vatsyayana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15177 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15177 ... Ancillary Services bus. We say things lie "We've missed the train, but the Direct Line bus or the Ancillary Services bus are okay. Shouldn't there be Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:20:03 GMT Ann English http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15176 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15176 ... Answer 1 No, we don't say 'an [plural noun]' Answer 2 Sometimes nouns turn into adjectives. Examples: a Navy canteen, an Ancillary Services bus. We say Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:12:19 GMT r_vatsyayana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15175 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EngFor/message/15175 *as an Ancillary Services* Is use of an with a plural noun correct?