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The first one seems wrong at the end. Let me change it a little. Make another post if you still have a question about that last bit of the first one, OK? 1 "If it hadn't have been for the accident, I wouldn't have had to report late for work." 2 "If it wouldn't have been for the...

If I go on bended knee to the boss, do you think she'd give me my job back? (Longman) Why "would give"? "going on bended knee" is real. Why isn't it "will give"? why is it imaginary? I take she'd give as she'll be willing to give -- in other words the "volitional" meaning of would, not the...

Thank you, Tam, for the effort you made to try to let me understand this structure. However ... Tam Sadek wrote: Perhaps this example using the Past Perfect/Past Simple will make it clearer. "We arrived late because our plane had been delayed" versus "We arrived late because our plane was...

I see no grammatical form or semantic meaning in had have had, and googling (a mere 11,000 hits when I tried it) produces not one grammatically reputable webpage.I can envision I'd have had being misinterpreted as had have had by those who confuse had rather and would rather-- but those would...

according to the houghton mifflin company's amreicsan heritgae dictionary of the english language::: will (n.) 1. the mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action; volition 2. an instance of the exercising of this faculty; a deliberate...

There is no contraction for "that was". QUOTE: That's a 100,000 watt smile if I had ever seen one! Is not English. I guess you could write: That would have been a 100,000 watt smile if I had ever seen one! I believe that's grammatically correct, although it's a strange thing to say. It has to...

1. If I go to the moon, I will look for the existence of any living beings. CORRECT (Conditional Type 1) 2. If I went to the moon, I would look for the existence of any living beings. CORRECT (Conditional Type 2) 3. If I had went to the moon, I would have looked for the existence of any living...

Hi Happy, This area is a very contentious one, so it is not surprising that you find different pronouncements within and between grammar books. Here is my opinion on the examples you present: (1) 'Who did it ?' Not I.' The pronoun stands in parallel to the subject 'who', and is a shortened...