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Thanks for your reply, MrP. 1. I would call it an exclamatory conditional. The main clause is left unspoken, but we can usually infer it, e.g. "if only she would contact me, I would be very happy". Ok, it’s a conditional with an unexpressed result but still a ‘conditional’ right? In...

If a student points to some construction and asks me if it's the subjunctive or not, I can't reply, 'No, it's a monkey!' Now there you are wrong! You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want! In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your students...

Meliek Seid English 100 Due: 11-05-05 chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />>> >> Disadvantage of Watching Television>> >> >> Television is the transmission of visual images of...

Khoff wrote: Trying to reach your husband, you accidentally listen to a conversation about planning a murder. After a lot of confusion and frustration, you later realize that you are going to be killed! >> (keep the tenses consistent.) “Sorry, Wrong Number” is an exciting,...

What is the difference between these two: 1. If you added the wrong number, it still worked. (What does this sentence mean compared to #2?) 2. If you added the wrong number, it would still work. (With the context stated in my first post, is 'would' past tense here?) Thanks.

Hi I've added some initial comments in red. Sort out the structure and post up another draft for help with the final version. Why are you using a capital I for the word incentives throughout? I write to you to apply for the study course "International Tourism Management". I look at this...

Hello Pigfoot 'A clause' is any part of speech that retains a form similar to a sentence . In traditional grammar, only "finite clauses" are regarded as clauses. But may grammarians nowadays classify '-ing' constructs and infinitives as "infinite clauses". "A finite clause" means that the form...

1. Is it OK to say: "I already have my ID number!" ? I think OK. 2. Can we use already with the simple present tense? Could you give any other examples? Yes, 'already' can go with the present tense when the verb is stative. (EX) I already know it. (EX) Here it's already winter. 3. Which are...

Riglos wrote: Hi everyone! 1. Is it OK to say: "I already have my ID number!" ? 2. Can we use already with the simple present tense? Could you give any other examples? 3. Which are all the uses of "already"? Thanks a lot! Mara. Generally speaking, 'already' can be used with any...

Hi everyone! 1. Is it OK to say: "I already have my ID number!" ? 2. Can we use already with the simple present tense? Could you give any other examples? 3. Which are all the uses of "already"? Thanks a lot! Mara.