窶ｰpﾅ津ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??堋ｵ窶堙や?堙?窶堙ｱ窶堋ｪ窶堋?窶堙ｨ窶堙懌?堋ｷ窶堋ｩﾂ。窶堋ｱ窶堋ｱ窶堙俄?堋ｫ窶堋｢窶堙??堋ｭ窶堋ｾ 窶堋ｳ窶堋｢

[Scarlett]

ﾆ但ﾆ陳?椎?ﾆ谷ﾂ人窶堙??堋ｷ窶堋ｪﾅｽﾃｨ窶彖窶堋､窶堙娯?堋ｪ窶堙??堋ｫ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ渉ｭ窶堋ｵ窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙ｰ窶愿??堙溪?堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶ｰpﾅ津ｪ窶堙??堙?窶愿ｺ窶怒ﾅ津ｪ窶堙??堙?OK窶堙??堋ｷﾂ！
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[rie0403]

Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. What does it mean for you?

 

[Scarlett]

えええええええ？ Very interesting......おもしろいです ｂｕｔ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｄｉｄ ｙｏｕ ｈｅａｒ ｔｈｉｓ？ けど、どこでききましたか。 きいたことがありませんですがわかりたいんですよ！ Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｈｅａｒｄ ｉｔ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ， ｂｕｔ Ｉ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｌｉｋｅ ｔｏ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ！

 

[rie0403]

thank you for answering.

I read in a dictionary of American Proverbs.
I'm preparing a thesis about this, especially about a mistake and a failure.

 

[Scarlett]

I know the phrase "Accidents will happen". It is used all the time. It is used for many situations. It means that things do not always go as planned. In other words: some one makes a mistake.
"In the best-regulated families"...... じゃああ、たぶん
no matter how well you plan something,
no matter how well your family prepares for mistakes,
there can be failure.
I think it means that we are all vulnerable to failure no matter how well you plan.
a "family" can mean any kind of group of people (job, or school or country)!
むずかしだからわからなかったらわたしとつたえてください。

Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. What does it mean for you?

Does anyone else know an answer for this question?

 

[rie0403]

arigatou gozaimasu

窶堙遺?堙ｩ窶堙吮?堙?、窶堙ｭ窶堋ｩ窶堙ｨ窶堙懌?堋ｵ窶堋ｽﾂ。
Thank you.

 

[Ashikaga]

Enquire vs. Inquire

What is the difference between Enquire and Inquire?

I have checked online forums and there are those who say they mean exactly the same and there are others who say no.

An online dictionary says that Inquire means "to make a formal investigation" while Enquire means "to ask".

How do you guys use these two verbs?

Thank you!

 

[MTR]

They are basically the same. Enquire is british.
enquire | meaning of enquire in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

 

[Ashikaga]

They are basically the same. Enquire is british.
enquire | meaning of enquire in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

Thank you for the response, MTR. I've always used "inquire" and when the spell-checker on the e-mail at work corrected it to "enquire", I thought maybe I'd been using the wrong word/spelling all this time..lol I guess I can keep using "inquire". Thank you again!