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gt gt It is not difficult at all for me to use conditional structures modal verbs in polite requests like in Could you lend me 1 000 dollars because very similar structures are used the same way in Italian too lt lt And do they omit articles in Italian Could you lend me a 1 000 dollars

I obviously agree with Forbes it depends on your first language I have never had any problems with passive sentences subjects and objects the difference between countable and uncountable etc because those are all features I have in Italian too It is not difficult at all for me to use conditional...

quote user eagerness the day after it actually happened quote Then it s wouldn t Though some variation is possible in the right situation the typical groups of tenses that go together in the same sentence are Present perfect Present Future of the Present will Most modal verbs including can may...

Hi A How is it different Is the zero conditional and the second and third ones type 1 I think CalifJim told us that the modal can counts as present 1 If you can make money please use the money to help people 2 If you can make money use money to help people 3 If you can make money you will be able...

Hi Are these all examples of the first conditional If a if clause is in the present tense then any modal verbs can be used and it would still be a first conditional sentence A zero conditional sentence is the one only states general rules and can t use modal verbs All first conditional If I hear...

It seems both Marius and Magic have Swan s book I just look at it to find out the model verb would However this is a tall order for me I am not a native English speaker I mean there are many ways one can play with the modal verb would Marius could do it easily because English is his native...

Are they functionally the same Yes Sort of would alone makes the past time reference in 2 would have makes it a hypothetical past in conditionals like 3 Some people would consider it a hypothetical future of the past however would alone in conditionals not shown creates a hypothetical future CJ

Hi I think you can use would to make a past time reference as well as to the present and future time references 1 Expressing present time politeness Would you mind moving to the left I have to sit with my baby Of course It s my pleasure 2 Making a past time reference When I was three years old I...

Neeraj Jain wrote Hi Maris If I have just one sentence I could play tennis well can it be used to refer to the present tense Strictly speaking only to conditional future or past of course See my examples above Some see that as kind of a present

Yes I would agree that all are type 1 In 3 and 4 the will is replaced by a different modal verb in 2 the will is replaced by modal phrase might decide to In all three the effect is of greater tentativeness in the main clause MrP