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In second conditionals the past simple is hypothetical not really time bound in some usage grammar books it s called unreal past Hypothesis or conditionality is not considered time bound at least regarding this case Only first conditionals take the if clause in present and the second clause in...

Is this a second conditional I think in second conditional the tense in the if clause should be in the past tense and does the modal qualifies as that in the second conditional When we could afford we would get take out fried chicken Can we use the modal both in the if clause and main clause for...

quote user CalifJim quote user Peaceblinkfriend So I could say whatever approach it is will do right quote Yes though it s a pretty weak not to say lame relative clause quote user Peaceblinkfriend what sort of difference would would make quote The tense sequence is wrong are willOrwere wouldCJ...

dear forums i am confuse of my sentence would you please to correct my sentences thanks before If you want to invest at the stock whereas you do not the investment you should learn the investment You can learn from anything or any one

D is the only possible answer but it is not a good answer It is not a problem of will with whether which is certainly permissible but of will in the dependent clause here Native speakers use present tense enters in this situation so I suspect that the question was written by a non native speaker

In formal writing pepole use past simple tense But i have seen many times books and other articles includes sentenceswhich have been made of would I know that would is used in conditional clauses Where as i realy want to know what are the situations where i can use wolud and please explain me...

She passed away in the past so use the past simple However remember that when you use since or from you need to use the present perfect in the independent clause has taught or has been teaching if it is incomplete

it is actually any convenience which this caused but you have elipsed the relative subordinator which It looks like caused is the past tense it is in the relative clause but it is actually the past participle once the subject and relative subordinator are removed This is clearer in the following...

Hi It might be helpful to you if I first try to summarize the comments on as when while by Michael Swan in his very useful book Practical English Usage I think it s possible you may have already looked at this but here it is anyway To talk about actions or situations that take place at the seame...

Hi Are these sentences correct Thanks a thousandThe show is called Surviving Suburbia which will air on Monday on CW The subordinate clause describes show not suburbia So say The show which will air on Monday on CW is called Surviving Suburbia The show which will air in the fall is call Surviving...