Never heard of it. I don't think it can be done accurately or with consistency; too much depends on situation, interlocutor status, tone of voice, etc.

Can you explain me the Modal Verbs Degree, the obligation or percentage of probability of each one????, like : Could, Might, Must, Should, Would.

Are the use of the modal verbs correct: 1)If you are talking about an ability in the past you say someone should do something. 2) If you want to make a suggestion you say someone might do something 3) If you want to give someone strong

I'm fairly new to the group, so forgive me if the subject has already been discussed ad demens. Currently everyone ... theories or prophecies that any of you might have as to when the transition will occur (if ever). Before 2020? It will catch

Yes, negation of a clause can take place in another clause. Compare: He's coming, and I think she's coming too. ... Edward S. Klima, in The Structure of Language (Jerry A. Fodor and Jerrold J. Katz, Eds.), Prentice-Hall (1964). Thank you.

When it comes to letters, as opposed to e-mails and informal notes, the various types of "regards" aren't (in Britain) alternatives but precursors to the "Yours xxx" line. My solicitors usually end their letters to me with

... }> Ah, but that's not the English usage of it. If you meant that , I }> would have expected you to say, "If your analysis is correct, then }> we'd expect to see a different .." See the difference? } } The difference

Note that the subject is "amount", not "material". And other dictionaries similarly use "amount" in the relevant definition for "bag." The combination of an amount and an item, ... term for an amount is

} }> }> } I may have missed it the last time we went round on this, but did }> } you ever come up with another example of a fully conjugable verb }> } that isn't usable in all of its tenses? }> }> "Ought"? } } How

When do you use 'I don't even know where it's at?' When you're looking for something?