By Universities, Conditionals

Hi,one of the questions you can often find in a questionnaire is "What is your greatest achievement?" People use different grammar structures/tenses etc. when they're answering, e.g.:gerund: losing weight / surviving a tough childhood / etc...present perfect: (that) I've lost weight / (that)...

Hi Mystic. I've made a few corrections for you in blue and you need to re-work areas highlighted in yellow. You are going to go through and capitalise all your 'I's aren't you? You might want to include some information on 'why that country'. Dear Madame / Sir Sir/Madam With this letter i...

Now withouth the anonymous stuff Hello everyone, I'm applying for a PhD position and i have written my first draft of my motivation letter! Can anyone give me some feedback on it ? It is still a working document but some comments would be appreciated since i still have time...

Hi, Here are 3 sentences. I only see two. Please let me know the nuance. a) If you had graduated from A university, you would've gotten a better job. You have already gotten a job. The speaker is saying you would have gotten a better one than the one you got. b) If you had graduated from A...

Hi, everyone. I'm studying conditional senteces recently. But I could hardly tell the difference between each other. I mean a nuance. Here are 3 sentences. Please let me know the nuance. a) If you had graduated from A university, you would've gotten a better job.b) If you had graduated from A...

I'm sorrry if this had been answered before, but not too long ago, I made a bet with a friend of mine regarding the proper usage of, what I believe to be, a conditional subjuctive sentence. I said that "If I was you..." was not correct English and that it should be "If I were you..."He brought a...

It seems that there's no or little difference in meaning between (1) and (2). (3) and (4) seem to indicate a present impossible situation, and (5) expresses past regrets as you said. I'd also like to hear experts' opinions on this.wishing for the impossible: wish that + past tenses To express...

hi I am omar , I need help to write a letter of aconditional acceptance in university . Thanks in advance

Anonymous wrote:Hello.I came across a couple of sites, and I was wondering if you could verify the authenticity of their contents. http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/IF8.cfmhttp://www.englishpage.com/conditional/mixedconditional.html The pages look ok. The first site should mention that the...

Hello. I was reading jack112 threads because he had many questions on conditionals. I wanted to know more about mixed conditionals in particular, so I did a search on google. I came across a couple of sites, and I was wondering if you could verify the authenticity of their contents....