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Hello everyone Here I am again with questions on the subjunctive A Last time we saw that a It WAS high time we went was correct but what does it mean exactly And is b It WAS high time we had gone correct If yes what would it mean B Are the following sentences correct If not why 1 a Iwould rather...

nq 1 No I think I would have translated it as We got a great many letterstoday nq But surely that s a different tense imperfect vs perfect After all you could equally say We got a great many letters yesterday But I agree that you can t replace gotten with got and preserve the meaning I think a...

Hello Sextus 1 I think that s fine I get the impression from what you ve written that Sextus E used the simile without fully working out the implications Is that indeed your conclusion 2 It s true that some native speakers would use the present here Let me try out the possibilities again a For if...

Hello Bliss Your translation needs quite a lot of work Your main problem is choosing the correct tenses for your verbs Here are a few examples He needed not beat me to make me crying He didn t need to hit me to make me cry or He needn t have hit me his look and voice were enough to make me cry he...

I am not quite sure as to your exact question but have and have got used for possession as in I have a headache new car great idea I have got a headache new car great idea are identical in meaning with have got only slightly less formal than have However Have got is used more often in the present...

There are differences in accent grammar and words British accent needs no explanation if you ve ever heard it It is SO different from American The main grammatical difference is Perfect Tenses The Americans would say I just had a breakfast and Did you ever go to Spain The British would stick to I...

nq 2 I ve got an advanced group of translation and interpreting students grammar books most gratefully received and I ll owe you one nq nq 1 Being a student of English I would feel fully satisfied with a bit simpler explanation of this grammar problem I a result of omitting should which should...

nq 2 I ve got an advanced group of translation and interpreting students grammar books most gratefully received and I ll owe you one nq nq 1 I m going to take a guess at this and risk getting jumped on by Einde or Django To my ear a future tense He is expected to attend next week not attends...

nq 1 I ve got an advanced group of translation and interpreting students This came up today from the London Times the judge student to let me go to bed without trawling the grammar books most gratefully received and I ll owe you one nq I m going to take a guess at this and risk getting jumped on...