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Emily__ wrote Hi I found some recommended explanations but I m still a bit confused 1 I d rather you went 2 You d rather stay I suppose d could be either had or would Why there is past simple in 1 and present simple in 2 Thank you It s pouring outside I d rather be staying home than going out...

CalifJim wrote I avoid answering You just did src emoticons emotion 2 gif Avoid or answer I tried responding to the phrasal verb thread and got into some technical difficulties For some reason it wouldn t let me post And then I just forgot about it and never tried again as I got involved in some...

1 If only she would contact me This sentence uses if but there s only one clause so what type of sentence is this You wouldn t call it a conditional would you 2 The above sentence is about a wish and therefore we don t use will Also in other such sentences we use the simple past to express a wish...

Pieanne wrote With ago you have to use the past simple Just is different you can use both But when there s a precise time marker it s always the past simple Students in my French classes had trouble understading how the passé composé could be translated to English with both the simple past and...

Mr P Not rubbish at all The idea of having started the action in the before clause before the action in the main clause occurs is attractive as an explanation Stated differently but perhaps beside the point the action of the main clause seems to interrupt the intended completion of the action of...

NC Let me point out JTT that the issue at hand was whether can t could be used instead of couldn t so I have simply gone through the tenses to identify where it was or not permissible as well as stressing the varying functions of just with respect to the tenses which teachers often fail to...

Let me point out JTT that the issue at hand was whether can t could be used instead of couldn t so I have simply gone through the tenses to identify where it was or not permissible as well as stressing the varying functions of just with respect to the tenses which teachers often fail to explain...

Hello Shiv The only wrong construction is sentence 1 Went is the past tense of to go and the past tense doesn t as a norm use an auxiliary verb in affirmative statements And in any case the auxiliary of the past simple is did He went out a while ago He didn t go out a while ago Did he go out a...

i What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences a She had her house painted past perfect past simple b She had painted her house past perfect simple a means that her house had been painted so it s a passive construction Another person not she herself had painted the house...