By Colons, Modals

Hi, 'Soon' is commonly used to relate to a point in the future that is close to 'now'. It's true that you can use 'soon' to refer to the past. eg I began to learn Chinese in 1980. Soon, I was fluent. However, as shown in this example, you need to make it clear that 'soon' relates to a time...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Thanks. I believe where an indefinite article may be used, the use of 'one' is justifiable too. My use of colon is acceptable too. 'Possibly' emphasise the degree of the probability. I was particularly interested in the use of modals. Thank you once more.

Hi, 1. You will not have heard of me before but I used to live next door to your sister.2. That is absurd; they really could not have taken your motorbike by mistake, surely?3. You are a bit overweight; you should have been doing more regular exercise.4. You were to have been...