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Re: A Missing infinitive.

The correct possibilities are as follows. one only needs to find / one needs only to find (need in its non-modal use) one only need find / one need only find (need in its modal use) See Post:246822. See Post:55549. only has negative polarity is this construction, so it is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 1 yr 350 days ago Constructions Negatives Modals Expressions
Re: hav a look here.........

Hi, If I would give $1 million for your opinion, it means I think your opinion has great value. If I would give $0.01 for your opinion, it means I think your opinion has almost no vale at all. A 'damn' is considered to be a naughty, useless word. If I don't give a damn for your opinion, it...

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Clive 1 yr 352 days ago Expressions Negatives
Re: Modal verbs

Milky wrote: I have agreed that certain BE speaking individuals do not follow the must subjective/have to objective line and that their use may be either regional, idiolectic, or influenced by AE use. This is like saying "All swans are white, except the ones that are black. Nonetheless, all...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by MrPedantic 2 yr 4 days ago Auxiliaries Modals Negatives Expressions British English
Re: Modal verbs

<"Clearly, the speaker (in this case, the BBC journalist) did not oblige Annette Cowley to return to work."> You're stuck in a hole. Tell us something new. Again: Subjective modality = the speaker's subjective belief state or attitude towards the proposition. --------- Since the...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by milky 2 yr 7 days ago Auxiliaries Modals Negatives Expressions
What is the case, in general, in your variant of English?

I feel that the statement below covers general BE use of deontic modality. Some BE speakers may disagree with me. How about you? How is deontic modality used, in general, in your variant of English? "A general semantic characteristic of the deontic use of the central modals is that they may...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by milky 2 yr 8 days ago Auxiliaries Modals Negatives Expressions
Re: Responding with Yes/No

Hi, A: So you don't like her?B: Yes, I like her.C: No, I like her.D: Yes, I do.E: No, I don't.I always thought 'yes' is followed by a positive statement and 'no' is followed by a negative one, but I watched a character from an American TV show say C. Can C be a correct response? Yes, it...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 2 yr 12 days ago Negatives Expressions

Re: Should it be in the subjunctive?

Opportunity vs. chance You may want to buy this dictionary: Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words very good for such comparisons, which says: ----------- Chance...

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Marius Hancu 2 yr 15 days ago

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Re: rather, fairly, quite and pretty

Hi guys, I'm settling down rather well. rather/fairly/quite/pretty Do you think all the words above are interchangeable? What would be the difference if any? Often, you can interchange these. Much depends on the context, and even on the speaker's tone of voice and facial...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 2 yr 43 days ago Negatives Expressions Universities
Re: I couldn't care less

This is what I found at http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g09.html The expression I could not care less originally meant 'it would be impossible for me to care less than I do because I do not care at all'. It was originally a British saying and came to the US in the 1950s. It is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Maple 2 yr 46 days ago American English Negatives Expressions
Re: won't you have some tea?

Won't you have some tea? Won't is just a very polite expression, but still remains persuasive. It says that you will not be bothered even if answer is no. Still, you use will to say what is your will towards the other person. Will you have some tea? is just a question and request, that is why it...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Aperisic 2 yr 56 days ago Negatives Expressions Invitations

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