MG, would you be kind enough to cite a reference for the past real/past impossible concept you're talking about. At least, I'd like to know what's in your mind. Sorry for the late reply. You can read about it here

To become a professional golfer like Tiger woods is a life long dream of John. To survive the unexpected freezing snow storm in the Canadian wild, the expedition had dug a snow cave for shelter while waiting for help to arrive. OK on the first

One thousand apologies, Bottleofbeans, ol' friend. Truth is, I hadn't even looked carefully at the content. I usually sift through the lists when I am in the site, looking for posts that have no responses. Many of those fall into the

hi ; im sorry if i make mistakes but it has been a long time that i did not practice my english so i ll ve pleased if we can have a long conversation in english

No. 1 M: Is this your first time snowboarding ? F: Yes, so I fell over again and again! M: It's difficult at first, but you'll get used to it. -- Both are good English, but "used" would be more common in

Hi guys. I have a question I'd like you to answer. Yesterday I had a conversation while one of my friends say : "I apologise, I have to go." My friend made a decision all of a sudden, I shall say. I proposed that he say : "I

Sorry, I just got used to chatting. And they all type in small letters. It's my first time who actually cares for caps online. I think you are right. This example is not confusing. I should have brought up a better example to learn what

Actually, there have been many, many times in my life when I (a native speaker) have had to ask the person speaking (also a native speaker) to clarify whether he or she just said "can" or "can't." Sorry, did you say can or

So you mean "They framed me" means "They put me into the crime (though I have not done that)". Yes. BTW: I wonder what you mean by "lower register" as well, sorry for the off-topic though. I stole the expression

pljames, I'm sorry, but like Clive, I cannot understand what you are saying. What about sentence construction? What procedure are you talking about?