In Conditionals^x, Adverbs^x

Hi, Jake-- welcome to English Forums. 1-- adverb placement in part depends on the sort of adverb. Adverbs of frequency, for example, are quite versatile: I see him sometimes at the coffee shop. I sometimes see him at the coffee shop. Sometimes I see him at the coffee shop. I see him at the...

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 ....

I'm not sure that the type 2 conditional necessarily expresses an improbable situation. For instance, it often turns up when discussing a course of action: 1. "Is this the way to the Pig & Pizzle?" "It is, yes; but if you went that way, you'd get there a lot quicker." "Fine! Thanks very...

This structure is so curiously deceptive that it possesses a sort of nameless charm! Even if you would normally grab the chips, ... is the approximate equal of: In spite of the fact that you and proximate. This is why, for some situations, mixed conditionals exist. Why? because a...

This structure is so curiously deceptive that it possesses a sort of nameless charm! Even if you would normally grab the chips, ... is the approximate equal of: In spite of the fact that you conditions are normal ... So the difference in nuance is none other than the familiar...

JTT: it still makes the same degree of certainty UPON completion of the "if" condition. Mr P: That proves nothing. For any completed condition, the certainty is 100%. If Red Rum has won the race, the certainty is 100% that he's won the race. But at the starting line, it was quite...

Hello is it correct to say: when using when to use when one uses when it is used i m going to your place when he calls me when deciding something like this issue... this When is used sometimes as a conditional, is there any rule to use the present tense or should i use the future...

You are welcome, Pastel. I think you got the meaning of my post, yes. But there's a strange mix of grammatical terminology in your post! (Have I mentioned lately that you sometimes drive me crazy? ~L~) Let's take the sentence "If he ate more, he would gain weight." We agree that it is a...

Andrei, I know you usually worry aobut the correct use of capitalisation, and your posts are great help. I seldom comment on it myself because I know that many people deliberately avoid using capitals in message forums, emails, chatrooms. It seems to be an accepted convention. Your reminders,...

Here come the adverbial clauses! I hope it's not too late To put it simple, we can say that adverbial clauses do the work of adverbs and can function as adjuncts or disjuncts. Asjuncts are integrated within the structure of the sentence to at least some extent (Halliday calls these...