. Since he lost his job, he has stayed away from us. -- 'Since' sets a point in the past from which the action (here, inaction) proceeds. Had it not rained, we would not have gotten wet.- - Conditional III. After having obtained the

Theresia: Your essay answers the question of how and what technology affects our social lives, but not "how far." The first sentence or two should make a statement related to the question; your thesis statement. One modern technology

Hi. 1. I think the verb forms used in conditional sentences (usually? mostly?) are the past forms of the modals "will","can", "shall", "may," but not always, as in this case: If you have money, you

Thank you. I think, if I am not mistaken, I have seen a sentence that had the modal "should" in the main clause and a present tense in the if-clause. So what you are saying is all these are not correct? If you have a flu, you should

yes you can, don't discount conversational English, it's more authentic than your text books. condition if + subject + past aux + present aux + v (pp) result subject/object + past modal + v (base) This conditional ads an extra

Which one is correct? Where will you go / are you going this summer ? They are both correct. You use them in different situations. If you are asking someone about their plans for this coming summer, you ask Where are you going this summer? I

Welcome to English Forums! 1) Correct Sentence: If he were a real person, I would want to be his friend Her mistake: If he is a real person, I want to be his friend This is the most difficult of the three. It's called a second conditional.

Welcome to EF, Penstaar! It takes most people quite along time to learn the basics of English grammar and there's no way you can master it in a matter of minutes. For your first example you should study conditional sentences; for the second,

What I'm confused about is, how to call it, something like "pure" past perfect with no any conditionals, phrases with "wish" etc. Have you followed that link I gave earlier? We were good friends. We had known each other for

Thanks for your numerous replies :) I really appreciate this. I just want to add that I know when to use the past perfect in sentences like: "If I hadn't done this, that wouldn't have happened" "I thought I had done