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Is it correct to write the following sample sentence? "I would go with you if you would pay for my movie ticket." JTT: Yes, it's fine, Procrastinator. Here, 'if you would' is the volitional 'would', it's questioning the person's willingness to shell out for the ticket. "I would go with you...

Aah, Maverick - a true student! Well done. 'your' is a determiner, and indicates something belonging or relating to the person or group of people being spoken or written to: e.g. your age your pen your book it's not your fault etc. you is a pronoun, used to refer to the person or people being...

Hello, It is the closing paragraph of a chapter (in free indirct speech),I am out of my depth, and can't do any better;I have doubts about the concordance of the tense, punctuatitions, and some pronouns; please take a look at it and let me know how it sounds: ' those gloomy,god-forsaken...

Hello Paco Yes, I think you're right about tenses in relation to the if-clause/main clause. Also about the confusion – a native speaker complained to me quite recently about the fact that people say 'if I were you', instead of 'if I was you' – he couldn't understand how it could be grammatical...

Hello Casi OED tells about the appositional use of 'both' like this; 2. In apposition with a plural n. or pronoun. When referring to the subject of a sentence, both was in early ME, usually separated from it, and placed after the verb or whole predication. This is still common dialectally. In...

Hello Guest Since this is for an exam, I don't feel I should give detailed replies. But you may wish to consider: 1. Why the following sentences are ungrammatical: a) Never watch I television. b) Which programmes watched you? Look up Inversion in your grammar book. a) Would you like an...

Hello Hela I'm inclined to agree with CJ about your example 2: 'It's (high/about) time she WAS in bed' seems the natural form, because you use this phrase when you have no doubt that the person should be in bed. I agree too that the past tense here indicates: 'by this time, you should...

Neither "had", "lived", nor "went" are parts of the verb "to be". Therefore it is impossible to say whether they are past indicative forms or past subjunctive forms. Other than forms, we also have what I call "feelings in the head". In that sense of "subjunctive" (i.e., a subjunctive feeling...

Say the right words in the right order. Make subjects and verbs agree in number. Use the correct case for all pronouns. Add "ed" to form the past tense. Add "s" to form plurals. Add "'s" to form possessives. Invert subject and verb in a question. Don't use a countable singular noun without an...

ALL - (noun) - A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck." ARE - (noun) - A colorless, odorless gas containing oxygen. Usage: "He cain't breathe ... give 'im some ARE!" BAMMER - (noun) - The state west of Jawjuh. Capitol is...