"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

Very interesting topic. In English you would say I said I loved you (both said and love use the same tense). In my own language I would say the above sentence only if "loving" is no longer true. Otherwise I would say I said I love

I'll know who won when I watch the match. If he misses work today it will not be the first time that he has missed work. (Because you start the sentence with an "If he misses work today," everything that follows is treated as a

Could someone PLEASE explain in detail this conditional sentence that I read in a biography about a famous German leader. I understand its meaning. But I'd like someone to explain the grammar: If that end (he wanted to unify Germany) COULD BE

Hi pleasehelp In your sentence, "have been" is what is known as a perfect infinitive . There are some other threads here that discuss perfect infinitives. Here are a few of them:

They had to have that specially made? The sentence is in the past tense. Since English lacks verbs for situations in which person A does something for person B on person B's request, a rather long and awkward structure is used instead: to have

I've been having real trouble with this exercise. Hmm. I can't imagine why. Assuming, as you did, that "present conditional" and "zero conditional" are equivalent: Present / Zero: IF { present }, { present } First:

Zero conditional : If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it boils. ( Always true ) 1st conditional : If I go to Yokohama, I will visit the Ramen Museum. ( Conditionally true ) 2nd : If I went...I would 3rd : If I had gone...I would have These are

Choose between; Present Conditional, First Conditional, Second Conditional & Third Conditional. Okay, I've been having real trouble with this exercise. This is the best I could do & quite frankly, it's a mess! I have no idea

Factual Conditionals:Present This kind talks about general truths and scientific facts.You can also use it to talk about habits and recurring events. If you vote,you can have a say. Factual Conditionals:Future Use future factual conditional