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Thanks Inchoateknowledge But I have known that. You know, Milky has listed the 3 uses of would. I only want the explanation of the use of would in these 2 cases: a.He would have liked to have had all the family together in one big reunion before he died. b. I would have liked a Pepsi. I...

"I don't want to go." (= I do not want to go.)do = auxiliary needed in this negative clause, present tensewant = plain/bare present infinitive, or infinitive without a to particle, which has been omitted due to doThese two verbs can be said to be the main verb of the sentence. Please note that...

Ant_222 wrote:«You have been on missions where you have had to jump out of a helicopter into icy water to perform the rescue.» Is this sentence ok¿ Shouldn't the second «have had» be changed to «had»?This is optional, but only when: --- Tense simplification in subordinate...

Hello K.O. That looks good - here's a little more detail: Clause 1 We - subject were spared - passive voice, past tense the storm's fury - noun phrase, object (the storm's - possessive; fury - direct object) Clause 2 but - coordinating conjunction now - adverb are having - modal verb,...

My guesses: (1) 'Queen' is the fifth noun, acting as an adjective; 'guests' is subject of the dependent clause. (2) Subject preceding verb is normal word order in an affirmative statement. (3) 'Answers' is the head-- it is modified by the other words. (4) In ( a ) 'book' is the direct...

Hello Andrei and Casi I hope you don’t mind if I answer both of you at the same time. First, to Andrei: Casi has quite rightly mentioned an oversight in my previous answer. The forms of which these are examples are often found, especially in conversation: 1. ‘Peter was searched for by...

What wonderful contributions! I agree with what has already been said: 1. After hordes of tourists swept past (me). 'swept past' is a two-word phrase called a phrasal verb. We know the main verb is 'swept' because (a) it comes first and (b) it carries tense. We know that 'past' is not a...

'Leonora promoted training, besides fighting for wages' -- right, because 'fighting' has been subordinated. I concur with that. So I think they should bracket 'fought' together with 'besides'. Leonora ( S) fought (V) (NONFINITE CLAUSE as O) We can probably deal with 'fought/fought for'...

Oof! This is a tough one for me, Jeff. You are right, 'besides' is wrong, but I cannot pinpoint a rule or reason. 'Leonora promoted training besides fought for wages' -- wrong 'Leonora promoted training and fought for wages'-- grammatically right but the meaning is changed; the meaning should...

Hello again Blitz Bring up First the baby. This one isn't as easy as it looks, and so needs a bit of technical explanation. Hope that's OK. 'Bring up' is a 'phrasal verb'. 'Phrasal' because it's got 2 parts, 'bring' and 'up', and is therefore a phrase. 'Bring' is a verb, and 'up' is an...