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Re: Is there anyone in the five points who...

The structure I used is basically a "Type II Conditional" with the substitution of might for would. These are common as mud! (You can also substitute could for would in this kind of structure.) The substitutions create a different meaning, of course. They are not synonymous with...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 345 days ago Tenses Present tenses Conditionals
Re: a question of "Simple Present Tense"

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mr. Profenglish 352 days ago Regards Simple present Verbs Plurals Tenses Clauses Negatives Present tenses Universities Present simple Conditionals
Re: use of modal verb "could"

Neeraj Jain wrote:Hi Maris, If I have just one sentence: I could play tennis well. can it be used to refer to the present tense?Strictly speaking, only to conditional future (or past, of course). See my examples above. Some see that as kind of a present.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Marius Hancu 359 days ago Verbs Tenses Present tenses Modals Conditionals Modal verbs

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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I think it is more an observation than a rule, Hanuman, but simple present tense is used to denote future meanings in dependent conditional and temporal clauses (clauses introduced by when, if, unless, etc) instead of the will construction. It also appears in some that clauses: I hope (that) it...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mister Micawber 1 yr 14 days ago Simple present Constructions Tenses Clauses Present tenses Conditionals
Re: ...would run as if I???

Thanks a lot.You changed the second one, what I meant was something like this: CalifJim wrote:Here's what you want. I haven't slept in two days. I look like I've been beaten up. After not sleeping for two days, I looked like I'd been beaten up. If I don't sleep for two days, I'll look like...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 39 days ago Tenses Present tenses Past perfect Simple past Present perfect Past tenses Conditionals
Re: habitual will

New2grammar wrote: I know that this forum have discussed the topic on 'will' many times. Though generally I know that it can be used to indicate future, habitual and conditional events, in some sentences I'm still unsure whether to use 'will' or the simple present tense. For example, Every...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yoong Liat 1 yr 92 days ago Simple present Grammar Verbs Tenses Present tenses Present simple Conditionals
habitual will

I know that this forum have discussed the topic on 'will' many times. Though generally I know that it can be used to indicate future, habitual and conditional events, in some sentences I'm still unsure whether to use 'will' or the simple present tense. For example, Every morning, I (will) wake...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by New2grammar 1 yr 92 days ago Simple present Tenses Present tenses Conditionals
Re: Conditional dilemma

Believer wrote:Side question: A lot of dictionaries seem to indicate that the word 'subjunctive' is usually precede with the article 'the', but lately I seem to see cases where it is made plural or it with 'a' in front of it (like 'a subjunctive'). Are they correct? are ...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 95 days ago Articles Plurals Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Definite articles Conditionals Paragraphs
Re: What does 'blow the whistle' mean?

Hi Goodman, I'm curious about the tense switch in your sentence. Could you please explain why you switched from the present tense to the past tense within a sentence? If I were to make it hypothetical (Type 2 conditional), I would write as follows: If I knew someone is using the company...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by New2grammar 1 yr 98 days ago Tenses Present tenses Past tenses Conditionals

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