By Clauses, Modal verbs

Yankee wrote:Hi TakaIn case you haven't found this yet, here is a link to what the American Heritage Book of English Usage has to say about the subjunctive:http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.htmlGood, Yankee. Thanks for the URL. And I was particularly interested in these parts.First, this part:...

http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pleased/hvdv/Post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Subjunctive/gmkc/Post.htmIn both of the above posts, miriam has explained the subjunctive in detail but it's all quite confusing to me. I've studied subjuctive from American Heritage and Columbian Guide...

Rabbia wrote: hello i want to know the rules of conditional sentences plz tell me neeed helpppppppppppp is usally written only heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp! Unfortunately this area is too wide for anyone here to spend so much time writing it. Even if we do, you would be able to learn from it as...

Hi Inchoateknowledge, A finite clause is a clause that has either present/past tense or a modal verb. What he did has a past tense which means it is a finite clause. An object complement, or object predicative, is a clause element that occurs after the direct object and characterises the...

I have to hand in the reports tomorrow. Could you please run a quick check through them? Thanks loads!!! A: When asked to make a sentence with When J~ , J will ~, Harry sometimes gets confused with the order of two events happening and forgets to add s after verbs when they are placed...

Thank you so much. In your answer, you wrote, "If the father literally calls her "Soccer Ball" as though it were a name, there is no article. I know that in the "if I/he/she/they + were" format, those clauses would be followed with the modal verb "would," but why did you use "were" in the...

Modal verb: I have to study Grammar all the time. Present perfect: I have been in Dalat for twenty years. She has been.......... Present perfect continuous: I have been eating She has been eating. Causative: I have my car serviced If -clause; If I have time, I'll go with you ...

The auxiliary "do" is used in questions, negatives, emphatic expressions, and tags. You liked her. Did you like her? You didn't like her. Didn't you like her? You did like her. You liked her, didn't you? You did like her, didn't you? As for emphatics, they frequently occur in the "but"...

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 may...

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,...