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Thank you very much for your aswer Tanit expecially for the first list you provide I had not included these cases In formal emphatic conditional sentences Should you need further information please call When expressing wishes starting with may May you find what you re searching for because they...

Simplest explanation on usage I hope it s simple XD Could or Couldn t Talking about the possibility or lack of a possibility It couldn t rain today There s no possibility of it raining Can or Can t Talking about the ability or lack of ability It can t rain today It is not able to rain today For...

MarvinTheMartian wrote I can t make up my mind which tense to use in the following sentence If it hadn t been for the remarkable opening passage I would have assumed that the recital would be have been a bore I ve seen both tenses used in similar constructions Is it safe to assume that both...

Hoa Thai wrote I don t think the answer of any native English speaker would satisfy us all Evidently Swan is a native isn t he Aaargh Don t mention Swan Seriously I don t like what he writes and I even wrote about that in some old posts I think but you weren t a member yet I remember people...

Devrim55 wrote If we ready for the YDS exam decently we at least two and a half hours a day for reading questions a were to get should have spared b got would have spared c are to get had spared d have gotten would spare e have to get must have spared thanks in advance Hi Here is a structure of...

Kooyeen wrote Hoa Thai wrote I like your analysis However when it comes down to the choice between the length of the complement and the actual subject what do must we do Hi Hoa well I didn t analize anything in the end I am just waiting for advice As for your question well I don t know That s...

Hi I think it s definitley was The other were doesn t make sense there There are no conditionals so it s just a past tense And it agrees with it because that s the way it s it was is used idiomatically It s John who decided to go It s my parents who decided to go It was Jenny who told me It was...

Hi Guys Usually the verb surive is used in its intransitive form e g I will surive do you remember a song by the same title In formal English it is possible to use survive in the transitive e g The famous actor is survived by his wife two sons and three grandsons you ll see this used a lot in the...

Welkins2139 wrote if clauses also called adverb clause of condition present possible condition The main clause express results 1 If you study in a foreign country what do you need to do a present tense not a future tense is used in an if clause even though the verb in the if clause may refer to...

Hi RotterThe finite verb or main verb is in the active in both sentences seems would seem In the first sentence it is in the present tense and in the second sentence it is in the present conditional To have been built is a passive perfect infinitive The use of the conditional in sentence No 2...