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I have seen similar putative sentences. "I am suprised that he should feel lonely."(1) "I am suprised that he feels lonely." I don't remember the exact sentences in Quirk's "A Comprehensive English Grammar". I wonder if the first sentence can be written as "I will be suprised that he should feel...

Clive wrote: For the original question, I'd favour 'were'. I think you'd commonly hear 'were' or 'was' in such a sentence. I think you'd seldom or never hear anyone speak so carefully as to say 'had been' in a case like this. Very interesting! Looks like each person has a different opinion on...

Hello! Since I am a new user of this very helpful forum I want to introduce myself first. My name is Jake, 16, I am from Switzerland (mother language German). Right now I am, because of an exchange year, staying in the USA. I think this is a great possibility for me to learn English very well ....

Could anyone tell me what the differences between 'single' and 'only' are? Forum: New: Common English Questions and Answers - Archived Posts Posted: Jul 19, 7:40 AM Post Subject: Omission of "that" as subordinate conjunction Post author: SpoonfedBaby Dear Helpers, I don’t...

Dear friends and teachers: I hope you all well. I have encountered one question when i was writting a short reply. The queston was how to use the word " unless" to make a sentence? Can i say " i wouldnot catch a bus unless when i were in Australia." or should i say " i will not catch a bus...

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...

I think all of these possibilities are fine in conversation, and as a secondary understanding they can mean different things. A. What if I go.. (repeated action) / What if I __ for the rest of the year? (next week, the week after, the week after that, etc...) B. What if I went (completed action)...

When we talk about a subjunctive construction, I think it is easier to understand it without the 'inserted clause, I would think' becasue that way one can clearly see the cause-and-effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue. 1. If someone tells you that you...

Thanks Jim for that by the end of your posts, I feel a little bit more educated each time... and it's much more fun than opening my grammar book...

Waow, that's quite a lot for a first post ... I think overall you have a good grasp on tenses and a good understanding of how exactly to use them. I wouldn't be able to better explain how appropriate the above tense combinations are, and most of your comments make full sense to me. I'm happy...