Win (against) Aresenal won Chelsea 3-0. Aresenal won against Chelsea 3-0. Is it necessary or optional to use "against" in a case like this?

Registered BY\WITH the number A patent in Turkey has been registered BY the number TR 1998 02335 B. A patent in Turkey has been registered WITH the number TR 1998 02335 B. Can I use either sentence?

Capitalization with quatoation marks. Before going to an interview, ask yourself, "What are my goals?" If your answer was "to get a job," then you're thinking in the right direction. What would be the correct way to punctuate these sentences? I specifically wonder about the quotation marks and the capitalization therein.

To have a bit of a ding-dong Is this expression a euphemism for having sex? Can it be another way for saying to have an argument or a fight? How about to do something noisily like drill a wall? I'm trying to ask how definite\vague this expression is?

month/year date I know there is quite a controversy with BE/AE date formats. I wonder if I wanted to write a date without specifying the days, for example 01.2003 as in "January, 2003", would it be universally understood and acceptable? Or would I be better off writing it out in full ?

Take his mind about things I finally got to speak with him. You know, get his insight, and kind of take his mind about things. Is this wording acceptable or at least possible for a native speaker to use? I'm specifically asking about "take his mind."

punctuation and grammar In my language, Russian, by the word grammar we informally mean spelling and punctuation. Both of them bear the same importance. We have very well defined rules for commas, dashes, colons etc., and every educated speaker is expected to follow them in their formal writing. It strikes me when we come to tackle English as a foreign language. In our high school the English punctuation is completely banished. But not only that, when some of us decide to learn translation or linguistics in college, it is not getting any better. Nobody ever as much as mentions English punctuation as a topic worth discussing, as if the punctuation were not existing there at all in English. According to my observations, English native speakers often view their punctuation as something optional and debatable: write as you please. I had to make my own research and found out that the English punctuation is guided by the so-called "style guides" which in the case of American English include: The Associated Press Stylebook, Chicago Style Manual, MLA handbook, APA Style, The Elements of Style. I'm still not sure what grammar guides use the other English speaking countries Unlike Russian grammar, even within American English there are many differing grammar guides, which for me sounds somewhat world-shattering. What grammar am I supposed to use? Your opinions? (and corrections)

Quotation marks for internal feelings or thoughts? How about italization? That's when, you know, I felt like, I should be up there. I thought, gosh, this could've probably been my moment. I thought, "Gosh, this could've probably been my moment". -- ?? Comment on commas and quotation marks please.