In Tenses^x, Conditionals^x

English is ambiguous enough for it to refer to the past or the future depending on the context. Succeeded can be an indicative past tense or a subjunctive and would can be a past tense meaning "used to" or an auxiliary of the present conditional. CB

Newbie2007 wrote: Quangtn03 wrote: Hi newbie. "I wish you will have..." is a true conditional sentence. I think this is a letter so the writer have a wish for his friend. The latter is "I wish you will be happy", not "I wish be happy". He write for friend not for himself. Are you...

Quangtn03 wrote: Hi newbie. "I wish you will have..." is a true conditional sentence. I think this is a letter so the writer have a wish for his friend. The latter is "I wish you will be happy", not "I wish be happy". He write for friend not for himself. Are you ok? Tell me what do you...

Quangtn03 wrote: Hi newbie. "I wish you will have..." is a true conditional sentence. I think this is a letter so the writer have a wish for his friend. The latter is "I wish you will be happy", not "I wish be happy". He write for friend not for himself. Are you ok? Tell me what do you...

Quangtn03 wrote: I've corrected some mistakes. But I'm not sure of the blue words. To quangtn : Hi, you are from VN, aren't you ? " src="../emoticons/emotion-2.gif"> . Yeah. I'm Vietnamese. Nice to meet you. Hey newbie. I have some questions for this passage. (the blue words are ones...

Thank you, Guru Geek. I appreciate your support. My teacher's emphatic claim is that for instruction manuals, such as the assignment for which this introductory statement was drafted, the construction if you do..., you get... is how her previous editors have instructed her. She hammers home the...

I can't imagine why your teacher wouldn't think the "If you practice ... you will experience" pattern is correct. The "When you... you experience" pattern would also be correct - perhaps she misread it? I don't find the over time a problem because it really emphasizes that the person...

If you practice this series regularly, you will gradually experience more freedom from pain as you repair the root causes of your pain over time. My technical writing teacher says will should not be in the sentence. It sounds wrong to me without it. May I have your opinions, please? For extra...

I saw the following third conditional sample sentences from an educational webpage: 1. If I had not gone to university in Spain, I would not be bilingual. 2. If you had attended the training seminar, you would be familiar with the new operational procedures. 3. If we had not felt we...

First conditional: When you're gone, I'll miss you. Not correct. Try "If you (are to) go, I’ll miss you." Zero conditional: When you're gone, I miss you. OK Is ARE present simple in both phrases? It is. See bracketed version. Because in the first conditional, it's strange to think...