By Accents, Past tenses

I think they're using would instead of will because it's in the context of a past tense. had an accent / saw a girl CJ

Anonymous wrote: Could you please, check if all the sentences below are correct ? a) In the end of the week, my friend returned home; b) After the visit, my friends told me that my country impressed them most; c) The sport classes take me lots of time! (or:...take lots of my time) ?; d) ...

OED explains 'albeit' like this. albeit, conj. The sun, albeit from a lowly altitude, shone out in full brightness. paco

S have/get O done This construction has three usages from semantic viewpoints: I'd like to buy this. Could you have it delivered? Suffering Sense The accent comes on "done". GET is more common when S has any responsibility of the suffering. (EX-5) He got his leg broken while he...

Sorry, this will probably be a really long post. My mission? To dispell false notions about American English First, we do NOT say "drug" as the past tense of "drag." It's dragged! There are only three kinds of Americans who would say this: Young children who have not yet mastered the grammatical...

yesterday." In Chinese, it basically goes "I run yesterday." However, It is very difficult to learn for its 4 major accents (Goes Upwards towards the end of pronunciation for the letter, Starts from High and stays in High, Starts from Low and remains in Low, and Starts from High and ends Low)....

It was a curious business. It made things very awkward for foreign businessmen who, when faced with a few stumbling words of French or German from their British counterparts, were put in the difficult position of deciding how to guide the conversation gently back to a language that was...

Hi, Miriam! Thanks so much for your reply. Of course I'm still interested! 1. Sometimes when examples are given, certain forms begin to sound more acceptable. Strangely enough, only your example with "wish" still seems weird to me! The other two don't really sound that formal to me. I can...