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Hello Sarah, I wonder what your native language is, because some languages are like English in this, while others are unlike it. My advice is to remember two basic formulae for the sequence of tenses: 1. If he goes, I will see him - Present -> Future 2. If he went, I would see him - Past...

Jackson6612 wrote: can,coud; will, would; shall, should; may, might; must and ought are auxiliary verbs. CB , I don't think they have infinitives, such as to shall, to may etc. CB said: ''There are two infintives in both the active and the passive voices in English.'' What are these two...

can,coud; will, would; shall, should; may, might; must and ought are auxiliary verbs. CB , I don't think they have infinitives, such as to shall, to may etc. CB said: ''There are two infintives in both the active and the passive voices in English.'' What are these two infinitives? ...

One such grammatical distinction causing much confusion is the use of the modal auxiliaries ‘may’ and ‘might’. When used in the present tense, the two modals are almost transposable, as the difference between the two is merely a very small degree of certainty. However, it has become common...

Congratualtions for your explanations. There are clear and the best i've found. Vos explicatons sont les plus pédagogiques que j'ai pu trouver à ce jour et je tiens tout particulièrement à vous en rendre hommage. Gérard. Forum: New: Common English Questions and Answers - Archived Posts...

Hellow Zewu I'm an English learner from Japan. I am afraid I don't know much about English enough to answer such questions as those you are asking. But allow me to put my two cents worth. First of all, let me define some grammatical terms. In English, people usually say 'subjunctive mood'...

TO QUOTE CALIFORNIA JIM: 'There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I wrote a letter...

There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I wrote a letter yesterday. I wrote a letter at 7...