By Modals, Modal verbs

You must train at least 3 times a week. You should train at least 3 times a week. You had better train at least 3 times a week. You ought to train at least 3 times a week. You may train at least 3 times a week.Marius has suggested the best alternative as ' I think you...

Hi, I was looking at the Englishpage.com for its tutorial on modal verbs and seemed to have found out that the functions of 'can' and 'could' overlaps in two categories: possibility and request. Does that mean we can replace one with the other without making any difference,...

Hi, A:How is it different? Is the zero conditional and the second and third ones type 1? I think CalifJim told us that the modal 'can' counts as present. 1.If you can make money, please use the money to help people. 2. If you can make money, use money to help people. 3. If you can...

The actions seem pretty similar to me, thus there's no need to repeat:I would have been able to do make this toy ship yesterday and the day before yesterday. I would have taken you with me to Tokyo yesterday and certainly the day before yesterday, had I had the intention to do so. You...

This is Rotter again. Cool Breeze, I am delighted when you pointed out my mistakes. I want you and all the others to point out each and every mistake I make here.However, I can't understand the mistake I made here.May is an auxiliary verb.1. Cool Breeze may have been to Sweden. Cool Breeze...

Hello... Can somebody help me this? "I hope you'd be successful." (would be...)Is this correct? Because I know the subjunctive hope can also work with the modal verb would, meaing that the speaker is expressing the suppostional and unreal nature of that hope. Please help me. I am a...

I don't see a great deal of difference between a request and an invitation -- none that could be communicated entirely by a modal verb, at least. The difference seems to lie in what you expect the addressee to do.Request:. CJ

Hi, Are these all examples of the first conditional? If a if-clause is in the present tense, then any modal verbs can be used and it would still be a first conditional sentence? A zero conditional sentence is the one only states general rules and can't use modal verbs? All first...

Hi, Sentence A . It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) ( saying ) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things. ( Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ). it takes all sorts ( to make a world ) (...

Sentence A . It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) ( saying ) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things. ( Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ). it takes all sorts ( to make a world ) (...