By Conditionals, Cricket

Actually there are so many ways to say you suck at something. Tanit's are good: I don't know beans about that. Very informal, but not at all vulgur. I know squat about that. (Also informal, also not vulgar.) (You may remember my old sig line: I don't know squat about Type II...

Rex wrote:The following looks a conditional sentence to me:Perfect infinitivepassive: if you hadn't left the car unlocked,it wouldn't have been stolen.What do you think? This is equal to a first conditional sentence. No, the sentence is a Type 3 conditional. There is no perfect infinitve in the...

Thanks MariusI obliged to you and searched the site.There are things which I am not familiar with in English grammar. I am ashamed of my ability; I mean there are some basic stuff which I am not aware of.The following is from our friends Clive and Cool...

Thanks Marius. I am not as clever as you when it comes to English grammar.Yes, the words 'would have been' sound conditional.I can't fathom out the grammatical nature of the words ' To have sprung'You can spring a surprise. This is indicative form.I want to know whether to have sprung a surprise...

Threepod wrote: 1. Fuzzy. pink 2. Cricket. Justine 3. Moist. lick 4. A cold, beaded, foaming bottle of beer. Aurelia 5. Chocolate. saussige 6. Locker door, inside thereof. ...

1. Fuzzy. pink 2. Cricket. Justine 3. Moist. lick 4. A cold, beaded, foaming bottle of beer. Aurelia 5. Chocolate. saussige 6. Locker door, inside thereof. ...

Well, I suppose it's better to have both than neither. But it doesn't solve your problem. In fact, I'd say it complicated matters. I tell you what, 7d. We'll do a little word association test. Write down the first word that comes into your head, when you read each of the words on the list below....