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Clive wrote: Hi, I'd like to offer a briefer explanation. When you say 'God forbid', you mean 'I hope that God will forbid (i.e. prevent) an event from happening in the future'. e.g. The doctor says Tom may die next week, God forbid. That's why you can't say it about an event that already...

How can you eat that stuff? Gross! (How can you = How is it possible that you do...) I'd like to know how to make that negative, with a meaning "How is it possible that you don't..." - Should I say "How can't you...?", like "How can't you know that? Everybody knows!" How can you not know...

Is it possible to use 'already' in negative sentences ? (especially in the Present Perfect tense) thx! As mentioned above, it is possible for a native speaker, after thinking it over, to construct such a sentence. However, it is not a regularly used pattern. He has already arrived. He...

Hi, Is it possible to use 'already' in negative sentences ? (especially in the Present Perfect tense) thx! Seems OK to me, although I had to think for a moment to find this example. The reason that I have not already cooked dinner is that the stove is not working. Best wishes, Clive

Is it possible to use 'already' in negative sentences ? (especially in the Present Perfect tense) thx!

Jackson6612 wrote:Question 1:Yankee said: 1: Do I used to play cricket in my spare time? Did I use to play ...? As far as I know, 'did (not) ... use to' is still considered to be the correct form in negative and interrogative sentences. However, I'm also aware that some people disagree...

If you don't leave me alone, I'm going to punch you in the face! (is the form "to be going to" used in these kinds of conditional sentences? yes Or do I always have to use "will"? no) If --> you are late again next time, I'm going to fire you and I'm not going to think twice! (again, is it ok...

Format 1:======> Whom it may concern This is to certify that ………………work under …………… company as a Marketing Executive form 2nd July 05 to 15th Sep 05. During the service he was very punctual about his job. I wish him best of...

We can not use a negative past perfect tense as the tense of the main verb of an untıl clause.I understand this to mean: We cannot use a negative past perfect tense in the main clause when an until clause is present in the same sentence. This is false. There is a simple reason why we were...

Mr-Taciturn wrote: Then can we say that : We can not use a negative past perfect tense as the tense of the main verb of an untıl clause. As in below; Until it stopped raining, we hadn't left the house. What you think of this one?We didn't leave the house until it stopped raining. ...