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Hello s/h Having read a number of books in my time. ] This clause doesn't make a sentence on its own. none have accomplished ] Some examiners would expect 'none has' here. The tale is written in the first-person narrative] 'narrative' is unnecessary. an ordinary girl placed under...

Thank you JTT, for your replya and your special advice on the English system we have. I am not a native speaker so I have been trying quite hard just to learn how English speaker think when they try to communicate with a Laguage full with rules. Sometimes I just don't get it that in such a short...

Hello Grammar Guide says: When the tense in the main clause is in past perfect tense, use (in the subordinate clause) : the past tense for any purpose. eg- The aging matriarch had drawn up a will in case her illness became more serious. paco

Only by a series of looking after my dog, do I become a mature man. I can't understand the sentence. Only when the police dogs displayed the ability to catch criminals can people see dogs’ significance. Past tense: Only when the police dogs displayed the ability to catch...

Thank you Just The Truth for your reply and thank you again Mister Micawber for your reply. I just wonder are there any chances what JTT tells me is correct. Following is the example. 4A) I met your lecturer yesterday and while we were having dinner together, he TELLS me that one of you IS...

C: If the speaker wishes to express a subjunctive meaning, 'were' is appropriate, but 'were' isn't the only option. Consider for example, the following song lyric: "If God was one of us, . . . ." (actual situation) 'was' humanizes God. "If God were one of us, . . . ." (hypothetical...

Hello Stevenlien 'Starting' here is a verbal noun. Sometimes it's called the gerund; sometimes, as Miche says, the '-ing form'. Try this webpage – you have to scroll down to 'infinitives and gerunds': http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#gerunds MrP

So I try {NOT "So I try", Munchun; So I've tried; (so I try) means it's what you do routinely/habitually} to think of some examples where they cover the grey area of Indirect Quatation I mentioned. Following are the examples and please note that all examples have the date stated and I am not...

Would you please tell us now the difference between 2) and 3) , then 3) and 4) ? (2) If that kind of tsunami should come to Japan tomorrow, Tokyo will be devastated. (3) If that kind of tsunami should come to Japan tomorrow, Tokyo would be devastated. (4) If that kind of tsunami were to...

Hmm, interesting-- these seem even more identical than the first set, Paco. I think it is because the situation presented is more realistic (are tsunamis more realistic than picnics?)-- well, more immediate to my knowledge and consideration, so that I as listener do not analyze the speaker's...