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Bookmark or Share- WordReference ForumsQuestions en espagnol ou en français sur le sens et la traduction d'une langue à l'autre de mots, expressions ou tournures contextualisés . Aucune autre langue autorisée. Preguntas en español o francés sobre el sentido y la traducción de una lengua a otra de palabras, frases o modismos contextualizados. No se admiten otras lenguas
- Answer/Reply to my question! | WordReference ForumsHello ! I was wondering whether there's a difference, even a slight one, between Reply and Answer For instance, is there any difference between these two sentences (in the meaning) ? Answer my question! - Reply to my question! Thanks ;)
- You are welcome/You are welcomed to ... - WordReference ForumsIt's an illustration of the power of idiom in English. Had the sign said 'You are welcome in the USSR' or 'Welcome to first-time visitors', 'Welcome to the USSR', or something similar, there would be no problem, BUT 'you are welcome to a visitor' means you can have a visitor, to take him or her away, for whatever purpose you wish, though the purpose sounds dire.
- questions start with prepositions | WordReference ForumsIf you adopt this as a rule, you will end up with questions formed like those in GWB's post #3. These are grammatical; they are also, as he says, very formal English. Perhaps what dolcebelle read was not the inaccurate claim that such questions are ungrammatical, but rather the true statement that they are not colloquial. When used in casual ...
- Tag question for Let's..and Let us... - WordReference ForumsSo 'let's' is first person, 'let us' second person. Thus the difference in tag questions. (The 'shall'/'will' distinction is a separate issue.) This is complicated by the fact that 'let us' can be used for 'let's' in ornate speech: in religious or political contexts, for example.
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