"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Don't listen to these people. You can change it to "have" because only the first verb has to be in the subjunctive mood. The verb "knew" is

Hello, this is my first post here but I've been visiting the site for at least several months since I have found some very interesting discussions here. My question is going to be really complicated and it will take you some time to read

Hi, does this sentence make sense? So frustating , in fact, that his language delay manifested itself in his behavi o ral problems. In casual speech, yes. More carefully, you need a main clause. eg It was s o frustating , in fact,

I agree with your reasoning and comments completely. 1. In the first sentence a comma seems preferable after Joe since one gets the impression that the person who utters the sentence is holding the message, just one message, in his hand right

I wish I had been speaking English from childhood. 1. Is this sentence grammatically correct? 2. It can be rephrased like this? I wish I had been speaking English from childhood. = If only I had been speaking English from childhood. = It is a pity

In my essay, I gave an example about whether people should change themselves or not, and finally I came to the following conclusion (the conclusion is originated from a conversation between me and my friend): One day I said to my best friend, who

So, when talking about modelling hydrodynamics, we would use "a hydrodynamic model"? Yes. our answer has lead me to another question: is it "...indefinite articles which should...", or "...indefinite articles that

Please explain why Korean and/or Spanish speakers of English as a second language have problems with the 'that' clauses. Also, what are the prescriptive rules for adjectival and nominal clauses. When can 'that' be omitted.

the second subordinate clause. This is confusing. There is only one subordinate clause, and that's the while clause. The other clause is the main clause. The only thing you can do is get more experience in English, imitating the patterns that

is "You speaking German are cute" grammatically incorrect? Not if you say it right. You, speaking German, are cute. You (speaking German) are cute. You -- speaking German -- are cute. It's pretty strange, but with the right