Dictionaries TOEIC TOEFL GMAT SAT GRE MCAT PCAT ASVAB Interviews

Tests Grammar Articles Stories Shop Services English for winners Speaking

Home Top 100 Start your FREE email English course now! Audio Lessons Jobs

Username
Password
Remember me?

Search Album FAQ Memberlist Profile Private messages Register Log in

'fine by me' vs. 'fine with me'?

2206 English Language Exercises

Printable, photocopiable, clearly structured
Designed for teachers and individual learners
For use in a classroom, at home, on your PC

ESL Forum | English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms

In a couple of cases this was not the case | What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

listening exercises • tell a friend

Message

Author

#1 (permalink) Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:59 am 'fine by me' vs. 'fine with me'?

So, what exactly is the difference between that's fine by me and that's fine with me? Thanks, T TOEIC short conversations: Negotiating a lower price

Torsten
Learning Coach

Joined: 25 Sep 2003
Posts: 14492
Location: EU

#2 (permalink) Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:54 am Fine by/with

Hi Torsten,

You asked:

Quote:

So, what exactly is the difference between that's fine by me and that's fine with me?

A quick answer would be - not a lot. Both obviously mean I accept that/I agree with that. Possibly and maybe here I'm simply looking for a distinction, with me is more personal than by me.

If, say among friends, you agree to accept a plan/arrangement, you would say: That's fine with me.

If the government has agreed to raise taxes and you agree that this is acceptable, you would say; that's fine by me.

Alan
_________________
English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Present Simple

Alan
Co-founder

Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 13887
Location: UK

Learn to use the present simple with the help of this short story

English grammar exercises — improve your English knowledge and vocabulary skills

Are you a native speaker of English? Then you should read this!

Read these English anecdotes and maybe smile today? Subscribe to free email English course

Display posts from previous:

In a couple of cases this was not the case | What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

	ESL Forum \| English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms	All times are GMT + 1 Hour
Page 1 of 1

Latest topics on English Forums

Start FREE email English course now!
Join more than 100,000 learners!

Trap versus catch • Meaning of TBA? • I'll be for it! (just put it briefly, will you?) • Meaning of "by virtue of..." • How to dictate a web address containing a hyphen? • Meaning of "freaky fifths" • Difference between Existing and Contemporary • Role of "about" • "Masseur" vs "Massager" • Rewrite sentence: Prices of the fast food restaurants... • Finance result vs. net profit • Contributed to overall revenue • "on mind" vs. "in mind"

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

Subscribe to FREE email English course

First name

E-mail