By Dates, Modals

I've been doing alot of reading on this particular thing (modal) but till to-date it still confuses me, anyway your explanation was explicit - thank you. By the way if you have more information on this please forward, once again thank you. Regards, Jeeva

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Hi milky. (Have you given up our discussion on modal auxiliaries?) Tense is used for more than just time I think it's a good point. Quine once said: Our ordinary language shows a tiresome bias in its treatment of time. Relations of date are exalted grammatically (..). This bias is of...

JTT: Knowledgeable language sources defend it because it is a natural part of language. Grammar isn't prescription foisted upon the users of language. Some people use this form in their speech, some don't. Some use double modals, some don't. This doesn't make it wrong as Mr P suggests. Here,...

1a. That's not the man I married, these days he will sit in front of the telly for hours watching football. 1b. At the beginning of our relationship, he would write some romantic letters for me, he would send me flowers every day. 3a. I can swim the distance of 400m in 90 seconds! 3b. As a...

1. 2003 - GWB: The Iraqis are going to hold elections in Iraq in January 2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr P: In #1, GWB situates the intention in the present. JTT: No it doesn't Mr P. GWB's speech clearly situates the intention in the...

But...Mr. Micawber and JTT, why are you two keeping talking about 'future'? Obviously, renewing the lease is happening in the future. And we're just stating the possiblity. JTT: That's the whole point, Jeff. People get themselves confused by thinking that are acting as past tense or are...

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Hi Guest, All indeed acceptable, and dependent on the nuance you wish to communicate. This is a question I really should leave to California Jim, but I will get a start on it by presenting some loosely-quoted extracts from the viewpoints of Michael Lewis: 1. 'I will start my new job on...

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