Thread: Bunch of quesitons

0. Can anyoune give me the two or three contexts for the phrase "found himself".
I know the two following contexts yet:
a) He found himself in the water (Он очутился в воде)
b) She found herself in the rabbit's hole (This phrase is from the book
"Alice in the Wonderland"). (Она оказалась в кроличьей норе)

1. If I say in English "They have been going to the pool", does it be
translate like "Они _пошли_ в бассейн". As I say
"They was going to the pool", it would be translate as "Они шли в
бассейн";
"Thay went to the pool" => "Они пришли в бассейн".
Anyway I don't know what is the correct version.

If my first versions is not correct, what is the correct translation?

I can say the other phrases in Russian with a similar sense:
"Они пошли в квартиру, где произошло убийство", "Они пошли в университет",
"Они пошли к себе домой" etc.

2. As I understand, articles doesn't usually _use_ in the titles of
articles in newspapers... Or some exceptions exist? I'd like to know, e.g.
would it be correct, if I'll write the phrases like "A bunch of
questions", "An offer", "A couple of things" in a subject of message or
in a title of article.

3. I would like to know why if Russians go into the toilet
and do something inside it calls "по-маленькому" или "по-большому"...
And, I think, it is logically(?), but why I should say "Number one" or
"Number two" in English?

4. The speed limit in the U.S. is 55 mph. Do the all states respect this
speed limit or there are exists states where I can drive faster that 55
mph? By the way, what is the speed limit in cities? Besides, the Russian
speed limit is 60 kmph(?).

I am not a native english speaker (which, I believe, will kindly correct me if I said nonsense), but I would suggest the following answer for your first question:

She found herself attractive - она находила (считала) себя привлекательной.

And doesn't the phrase They have been going to the pool mean Они собирались (идти) в бассейн?

Originally Posted by Leof

I am not a native english speaker, but I would conjecture the following for your first question:

She found herself attractive - она находила (считала) себя привлекательной.

Ohhh! I didn't think about that context. Thanks

Originally Posted by Leof

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And doesn't the phrase They have been going to the pool mean Они собирались (идти) в бассейн?

Probably, you're right I recognized the prase "I am going to...". Anyway, I still don't know how should I say in English the phrase above...

"They have been going to the pool. " Means they go to the pool often or usually or in some repeated manor. I would think you should use the multi directional form of the verb, "to go". But I could be wrong.

As I understand, articles doesn't usually _use_ Wink in the titles of
articles in newspapers... Or some exceptions exist? I'd like to know, e.g.
would it be correct, if I'll write the phrases like "A bunch of
questions", "An offer", "A couple of things" in a subject of message or
in a title of article.

I am not sure what you mean here.

3. I would like to know Wink why if Russians go into the toilet
and do something inside Wink it calls "по-маленькому" или "по-большому"...
And, I think, it is logically(?), but why I should say "Number one" or
"Number two" in English?

It is usually talk for children.

4. The speed limit in the U.S. is 55 mph. Do the all states respect this
speed limit or there are exists states where I can drive faster that 55
mph? By the way, what is the speed limit in cities? Besides, the Russian
speed limit is 60 kmph(?).

The speed limit is set by the States not the Federal Government so it varies State to State. The speed limit on highways now is usually between 65mph - 75mph. Until recently the State of Montana had NO set speed limit.

Thank you for the explanations, DDT.

Originally Posted by DDT

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As I understand, articles doesn't usually _use_ Wink in the titles of
articles in newspapers... Or some exceptions exist? I'd like to know, e.g.
would it be correct, if I'll write the phrases like "A bunch of
questions", "An offer", "A couple of things" in a subject of message or
in a title of article.

I am not sure what you mean here.

OK. I realized that I can't explain so different things/questions. So I'll ask all of you in other words. How should I write correct the subject of this topic: "A bunch of questions" or "The bunch of questions" or "_Bunch of questions"?

"Thay went to the pool" => "Они пришли в бассейн".

IMHO
They went/have gone - пошли
They came/have come - пришли

Originally Posted by E-learner

"Thay went to the pool" => "Они пришли в бассейн".

IMHO
They went/have gone - пошли
They came/have come - пришли

"They went" or "they have gone" has a different meaning than,
"They have been going".

Originally Posted by astronomer

OK. I realized that I can't explain so different things/questions. So I'll ask all of you in other words. How should I write correct the subject of this topic: "A bunch of questions" or "The bunch of questions" or "_Bunch of questions"?

The correct way is, A bunch of questions. Or A Bunch Of Questions. Headings are capitalized.

Originally Posted by DDT

Originally Posted by astronomer

OK. I realized that I can't explain so different things/questions. So I'll ask all of you in other words. How should I write correct the subject of this topic: "A bunch of questions" or "The bunch of questions" or "_Bunch of questions"?

The correct way is, A bunch of questions. Or A Bunch Of Questions. Headings are capitalized.

Including articles and conjunctions?

Articles and conjunctions are not traditionally included. But in reality there are many occasions that you can use your artistic creativity to do it any way you want to.

I say, "Fvck the establishment and down with "the man"!".

Originally Posted by Zaya

Originally Posted by DDT

Originally Posted by astronomer

OK. I realized that I can't explain so different things/questions. So I'll ask all of you in other words. How should I write correct the subject of this topic: "A bunch of questions" or "The bunch of questions" or "_Bunch of questions"?

The correct way is, A bunch of questions. Or A Bunch Of Questions. Headings are capitalized.

Including articles and conjunctions?

Articles and conjunctions are usually not capitalised (unless they are the first word, of course).

There is no set rule. I don't capitalise prepositions either, especially two-letter ones.

I'd say "A Bunch of Questions." Although I wouldn't say 'bunch of', I'm not American

"Gone with the Wind"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_wind

astronomer's original question was about using articles in titles of newspaper articles not about capitalising them

how would a typical headline look like, would it use "a", or "the", or none. Like in kv's thread
http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtopic.php?t=13607
Man steals bridge in Ryazan
It has no articles since it is a headline, right?

Originally Posted by E-learner

"Thay went to the pool" => "Они пришли в бассейн".

IMHO
They went/have gone - пошли
They came/have come - пришли

E-learner, спасибо! Похоже, так оно и есть

Newspapers write headlines any way they feel like. I have seen everything from no capitals, to every letter in every word capitalized. I think the only rule is that the fonts must be bold.

In school I was taught not to capitalize articles and prepositions.

Originally Posted by DDT

...to every letter in every word capitalized.

I think it's "an international way" to type headings.

Thank you for your answers.

Originally Posted by Indra

astronomer's original question was about using articles in titles of newspaper articles not about capitalising them

how would a typical headline look like, would it use "a", or "the", or none. Like in kv's thread
http://masterrussian.net/mforum/viewtopic.php?t=13607
Man steals bridge in Ryazan
It has no articles since it is a headline, right?

Yes, in headlines usually they omit the articles. It's sounds more dramatic.

It is very common to omit articles in headlines, so "Bunch of Questions" would be perfectly acceptable as a title for this thread.
Also acceptable:
(A) Number of Questions
A Few Questions (better to keep the article here)
Some Questions
I've got questions
Help me Obi-Won, you're my only hope
Help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda
If you like answering questions this is the thread for you
etc.

0. Can anyoune give me the two or three contexts for the phrase "found himself".
I know the two following contexts yet:
a) He found himself in the water (Он очутился в воде)
b) She found herself in the rabbit's hole (This phrase is from the book
"Alice in the Wonderland"). (Она оказалась в кроличьей норе)

Another meaning:
Only after he returned to his hometown did he really find himself (discover himself, his own nature).

1. If I say in English "They have been going to the pool", does it be
translate like "Они _пошли_ в бассейн". As I say
"They was going to the pool", it would be translate as "Они шли в
бассейн";
"Thay went to the pool" => "Они пришли в бассейн".
Anyway I don't know what is the correct version.

Isn't it something more like:
за последнее время они ходят в бассейн

ie, it implies they've been going repeatedly and haven't necessarily finished.

Originally Posted by astronomer

0. Can anyone give me the two or three contexts for the phrase "found himself".
I know the two following contexts yet:
a) He found himself in the water (Он очутился в воде)
b) She found herself in the rabbit's hole (This phrase is from the book
"Alice in the Wonderland"). (Она оказалась в кроличьей норе)

Here's a fairly common use of that phrase you will see in books:

Steve found himself wondering why he came at all.
I found myself thinking, "why did I think I could eat the whole cake?"

This is a way of looking at what a person is thinking at one particular time. It is the same as "I thought to myself" or "He thought to himself".

Originally Posted by paulb

Here's a fairly common use of that phrase you will see in books:

Steve found himself wondering why he came at all.
I found myself thinking, "why did I think I could eat the whole cake?"

This is a way of looking at what a person is thinking at one particular time. It is the same as "I thought to myself" or "He thought to himself".

does it imply that he was, in a way, surprised such thoughts came to his mind, or that, uhm, how to put it... the thoughts came to him subconsciously and he didn't realize he was thinking that until he focused (if my explanation makes any sense :P). Anyway, to put it simply, is there any particural implication in this structure?