Estela  +  77128 Mon, 28 Feb 05 03:51 AM Hello is it correct to say: when using when to use when one uses when it is used i m going to your place when he calls me when deciding something like this issue... this When is used sometimes as a conditional, is there any rule to use the present tense or should i use the future one? how to decide when using (to use?) -ing ? is this When functioning as an adverb or as conjunction can i use it as a conector and if so how to do it? Estela Estela Joined on Tue, Feb 8 2005 New Member 13 Verbs, Tenses, Adverbs, Present Tenses, Conditionals

	Mister Micawber  +  77151 Mon, 28 Feb 05 05:08 AM What a lot of questions! These are correct: When using a gun, never point it at you mother. When one uses a gun, one should never point it at one's mother. When it is used, a gun often recoils. When used, a gun often recoils. When to use a gun is a police officer's most difficult decision. When deciding something like this issue, never use a gun. I he has a gun, I'm going to your place when he calls me. Other uses may or may not be correct. I cannot imagine a conditional 'when'-- can you give me an example? These are not conditional: When I am angry, I use my gun. When I was angry, I used my gun. When I am angry, I will use my gun. 'Whenever' may be considered a form of conditional: Whenever I am angry, I use my gun. (timeless) Whenever I am angry, I will use my gun. (future) Whenever I was angry, I would use my gun. (past) If you have further questions, would you like to refine them, Estela? Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,753 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Conditionals

	just the truth  +  77156 Mon, 28 Feb 05 05:24 AM These are correct: When using a gun, never point it at you mother. Actually, it is correct but probably not what you intended, eh, Mr M? Mr M: I cannot imagine a conditional 'when'-- can you give me an example? When you shoot a gun, does it make much noise? "Note that for both generic and habitual conditionals it is possible to substitute when or whenever for 'if' and still express more or less the same thing." When/if/whenever you boil water , it vaporizes. {The Grammar Book, p549} just the truth Joined on Mon, Dec 27 2004 Regular Member 849 Grammar, Conditionals

	Mister Micawber  +  77159 Mon, 28 Feb 05 06:01 AM Oops, dropped my 'r' around here someplace-- don't anyone move! My gun always makes a lot of noise when I shoot it, JTT. It's an old nickle-plated US Army issue Smith & Wesson .38 revolver. Mister Micawber

	Estela  +  77284 Mon, 28 Feb 05 03:33 PM thanks when by if, that was the conditional use of when i was talking about and I still have further questions, but i dont know if i can refine them mister micawber, but im going to ask again what i asked first and that i still dont know: when do i have to use -ing ending verb after a When when do i have to use the infinitive form of a verb after a when Estela Estela Verbs, Conditionals

	Mister Micawber  +  77330 Mon, 28 Feb 05 10:33 PM Please capitalize your 'I's and consider the use of more punctuation. Your questions are more difficult to interpret than they should be, given your level of English ability. It seems to me that '-ing' forms are used with clauses simultaneous activities-- 'When using a knife, keep your thumbs back.'-- And that the infinitive is used in noun clauses-- 'When to use a knife is problematical.' But there may be more to it than that. Mister Micawber Clauses, Nouns, Punctuation

	Estela  +  77363 Tue, 01 Mar 05 12:30 AM thanks Mister Micawber, no further questions. Please consider the use of kindness as my capitalized I will consider the use of punctuation. Estela Estela Punctuation