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Re: Hi friend, please help me correct this paragraph.

Goodman — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:29:09 GMT

Quangtrungvtv wrote:
Day by day, I learn english very hard , I find every method and everyone could help me learn . I go to night class everyday expect sunday evening . I joint English forum and find many friend help me . I always try my best to learn english but I had some difficult are : the fisrt conditional, second conditional, third conditional, and passive form , If some in English forum explane those , I am very thanks. And remember check all sentences I wrote here. Thanks my friends.

Hi Quangtrungvtv,

Here is what I see and my comment:

Some phrases you used either donât serve the purpose you have intended, or they are not properly used. There are obvious capitalization, punctuations and spelling errors. Here is how I would rewrite the paragraph to smooth out the tone and the rough edges:

Everyday, I try to learn and study English very hard. I have tried every method and people are very kind in helping me to learn. I attend night class every evening except Sunday. I frequently visit English forums and find many volunteers to help me. I am eager to learn but I have many difficulties to overcome. For examples, conditional usage and passive usage are some of the areas I need help on.

I am very thankful if anyone at the forum can explain the differences and please correct my sentences.

Thank you, my friends .

Re: Hi friend, please help me correct this paragraph.

Fandorin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:20:20 GMT

Quangtrungvtv wrote:

Day after day, I learn english very hard , I find every method and everyone can help me to learn . I go to night class everyday except of sunday's evening . I join to English forum and find many friends who help me a lot . I always do it the best but there are some difficulties: the fisrt conditional, the second conditional, the third conditional and passive form. If someone on English forum explains those , I would be very grateful . And remember check all sentences I wrote. Thanks my friends.

Hi friend, please help me correct this paragraph.

Quangtrungvtv — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:09:27 GMT

Day by day, I learn english very hard , I find every method and everyone could help me learn . I go to night class everyday expect sunday evening . I joint English forum and find many friend help me . I always try my best to learn english but I had some difficult are : the fisrt conditional, second conditional, third conditional, and passive form , If some in English forum explane those , I am very thanks. And remember check all sentences I wrote here. Thanks my friends.

Re: Conditional dilemma I

CalifJim — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:28:37 GMT

I think the following would be considered a typical Type 3 Conditional.

If I had studied hard in college, I would have become a successful person. Yes. This is a typical Type 3 conditional. If ... had ..., would have ....

Here, I think would is a modal verb for a clause that states the result of an imaginary situation that could have happened in the past yes, and it wouldn't be a fargone idea to say that it mainly deals with the tone of the clause, not the 'timing' or 'time' aspect of it. It deals with both past time and the 'tone', i.e., counterfactual.

have become in the main clause is present perfect No, this should be regarded as a modal perfect, which is not the same as saying it's present perfect. and IMO, the present perfect is used to note the fact that something has some kind of relevance to the present Yes, the present perfect is used this way, but here we don't have a true present perfect. A modal perfect is quite different in function. and would wouldn't affect that aspect of the sentence in any way. Yes, the fact that would is there makes a big difference.

What I am rather puzzled by is the timing aspect of it. The dependent clause 'If I had studied hard in college' indicates the time for its action is before another time and in comparison, the main clause 'I would have become a successful person' (in present perfect) indicates the time for its result that has some kind of 'live' relevance to the present. Doesn't that create a friction in one's mind as he tries to figure out and reconcile nicely the timing sequence of the clauses involved. You will have to rethink this whole paragraph in light of what I have pointed out earlier. The friction does not exist once you realize that this is not at all the same as a non-modal present perfect.

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The modal non-perfect and modal perfect tenses should not be confused with the non-modal non-perfect and the non-modal perfect tenses. A modal tense applies to non-past situations. A modal perfect tense applies to past situations. The use of have after a modal makes a "modal perfect" tense, but that's just a way of putting the statement in the past, compared to the corresponding modal non-perfect statement.

It might be raining. [It is possible that it is or will be raining.]
It might have been raining.   [It is possible that it was raining.]

I should go.               [It is advisable for me to go.]
I should have gone.   [It was advisable for me to go.]

I would jump from that ledge. [Imagining myself on that ledge now or in the future, I can imagine myself jumping from it without any problem, i.e., being willing to jump.] [This does not say that I will jump. Until now, I have not done so. Maybe I will never get the opportunity to do so.]
I would have jumped from that ledge. [Imagining myself on that ledge at some time in the past, I can imagine myself jumping from it without any problem, i.e., being willing to jump.] [This does not say that I did jump. In fact, I didn't -- perhaps because I never had the opportunity to do so.]

So have does not have the same function after a modal as it has when used as the only auxiliary verb to create a perfect tense.

CJ

Re: Book Edit

Feebs11 — Fri, 25 May 2007 11:22:52 GMT

Only when my father would arrive back from long distance trips as a truck driver for Freighters Removals. On that day, if we were lucky, we were allowed one sweet each. Do not use conditional, and run sentences together.

Clothes and shoes were only purchased for the eldest and were handed down to the others as they grew

mere, toddler no comma

a two-bedroom cast iron council home, I think you have the wrong term â check carefully. Maybe âcorrugated metalâ?

candles, for light no comma

us. Kitchen duty was for everyone no matter how big, small, tired or ill you were. Bedtime You are talking about bedtime â why introduce this one sentence here?

supper. Though I was always Start a new paragraph with âThough Iâ¦.â

Your paragraphs are much too long. You need to go through and see where one line of thought/action stops and a new one starts.

This is merely a start â I am afraid there really is more than can be dealt with quickly in a forum like this one. I suggest you look around for someone local who is an English speaker and ask for their help.

Re: doubt

Marius Hancu — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:19:59 GMT

Do you know what this means?
would have been valid
this is crucial to any detailed explanation. It's unreal conditional.

Now going back to your However ..... valid paragraph:
In short, the contractual obligations remain in effect/valid, even if there are some small changes to the contract.

This is enough for your now. This is difficult legal English (would be recommended to post in the legal forum here). It seems to be part of a license agreement (with Intel, or whoever).

IMO, you should choose easier stuff for your reading at your current level, because it's too difficult for you right now. Your latest questions at 2 and 3 show that.

2/ such undertakings = undertakings such as these=means the obligations taken under/in the contract

3/ the modifications necessary = the modifications necessary to make the text coherent/understandable (if some parts of it are deleted)

Another, more detailed translation:

However, if any of the obligations above are invalid (for whatever unspecified reasons), but can be made valid by deleting a portion of the wording (text of the contract), or reducing either a time period or the range or scope of activities, then such obligations still apply with only the modifications necessary to make them valid.

Otherwise, and this is the spirit of this paragraph
Beware: Changing the text here and there will not make you escape your contractual obligations, the contract still remains in force even in a shorter, slightly modified form

all the general forms of English tenses >> pleas help me.

Voltaire101 — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:05:10 GMT

hello all

I will put (write) here all the general forms of the English grammar tenses as I know (understand ) it, I want you to chek it and correct me. Sometimes there is no form (just a speace), I want you to write the general form of the kind of the tense that is detected.

I'm so sorry If my grammar or idea not clear for you in the last paragraph; I hope the idea is received.

In English grammar there are 12 tenses consists of (present,past and future)
each on of them consists of 4 parts
1- simple.
2- continuous.
3- perfect.
4- perfect continuous.

add to that 4 parts of the future :

1- future simple in the past or present conditional.
2- continuous future in the past or present continuous conditional.
3- perfect future in the past or past conditional.
4- perfect continuous in the past or past continuous conditonal.
.........

I will put the general forms , pleas check it.

these are the shorten words that I used in the forms:

this color is for He, She, It.

this color is for I, You, We, They.

without any clor for all pronouns : He, She, It, I, You, We, They.

v~s = verb end by ''s'' like "He writes to them".

v~ing = verb end by "ing" like "He is writting to them".

v(P.P) = verp in past participle.

v(base) = verb in base case.

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1- Present simple:
Affirmative
subject + v(~s/base) + object. (active voice)
object + (is/are) + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + (does/do) + not + v(base) + object. (active voice)
object + (is/are) + not + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
(does/do) + subject + v(base) + object ? (active voice)
(is/are) + object + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

2- Present continuous:
Affirmative
subject + (is/are) + v~ing + object. (active voice)
object + (is/are) + being + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject (is/are) + not + v~ing + object. (active voice)
object + (is/are) + not + being + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice

Interrogative
(is/are) + subject + v~ing + object ? (active voice)
(is/are)+ object being + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

3- Present perfect:
Affirmative
subject + (has/have) + v(P.P) + object. (active voice)
object + (has/have) + been + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + (has/have) + not + v(P.P) + object. (active voice)
object + (has/have) + not + been + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
(has/have) + subject + v(P.P) + object ? (active voice)
(has/have) + object + been + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

4- Present perfect continuous:
Affirmative
subject + (has/have) + been + v~ing + object. (active voice)
### ..............I don't konw, pleas write it ................### . (passive voice)

Negative
subject + (has/have) + not + been + v~ing + object. (active voice)
### .............I don't konw, pleas write it ................### . (passive voice)

Interrogative
(has/have) + subject + been + v~ing + object ? (active voice)
### .............I don't konw, pleas write it ...............### ? (passive voice)

5- Past simple:
Affirmative
subject + v(p) + object. (active voice)
object + (was/were) + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + did + not + v(base) + object. (active vice)
object + (was/were) + not + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
did + subject + v(base) + object ? (active voice)
(was/were) + object + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

6- Past continuous:
Affrmative
subject (was/were) + v~ing +object. (active voice)
object + (was/were) + being + v(P.P) +by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + (was/were) + not + v~ing + object. (active voice)
object + (was/were) + not + being + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
(was/were) + subject +v~ing + object ? (active voice)
(was/were) + object + being + v(P.P) by subject ? (passive voice)

7- Past perfect:
Affirmative
subject + had + v(P.P) + object. (active voice)
object + had + been + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + had + not + v(P.P) + object. (active voice)
object + had + not + been + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
had + subject + v(P.P) + object ? (active voice)
had + object + been + v(P.P) ? (passive voice)

8- Past perfect cotinuous:
Affirmative
subject + had + been + v~ing +object. (active voice)
### .............I don't konw, pleas write it ...............### ? (passive voice)

Negative
suject + had + not + been + v~ing + object. (active voice)
### .............I don't konw, pleas write it ...............### ? (passive voice)

Interrogative
had + subject + been + v~ing + object. (active voice)
### .............I don't konw, pleas write it ...............### ? (passive voice)

9- Future simple:
Affirmative
subject + will + v(base) + object. (active voice)
object + will + be + v(P.P) + by + subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + will + not + v(base) + object. (active voice)
object +will + not + be + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
will + suject + v(base) + object ? (active voice)
will + object + be + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

10- Future continuous:
Affirmative
subjec + will + be + v~ing + object. (active voice)
object + will + be + being + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + will + not + be + v~ing + object. (active voice)
object + will + not + be + being + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
will + subject + be + v~ing + object ?(active voice)
will + object + be + being + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

11- Future perfect:
Affirmative
subject + will + have + v(P.P) + object. (active voice)
object + will + be + have + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + will + not + have + v(P.P) + object. (active voice)
object + will + not + be + have + v(P.P) + by suject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
will + sbject + have + v(P.P) + object ? (active voice)
will + object + be+ have + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

12- Future perfect continuous
Affirmative
subject + will + have + been + v~ing + object. (active voice)
object + will + have + been + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Negative
subject + will + not + have + been + v~ing + object. (active voice)
object + will + not + have + been + v(P.P) + by subject. (passive voice)

Interrogative
will + subject + have + been + v~ing + object ? (active voice)
will + object + have + been + v(P.P) + by subject ? (passive voice)

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The four other kinds of future ; I do't know about its certain forms pleas write me the certain forms about its affirmative, negative and interrogative ... pleas

don't forget the acive voice and passive voice of its forms,

Re: Need help with SHOULD

milky — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:07:50 GMT

Grammarian-bot wrote:

The following paragraph has been taken from the American Heritage Book of English.

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/057.html (This is the link to the page.)

should versus would. Just as they ignore the traditional rules governing the use of shall and will, Americans largely ignore the traditional rules governing the use of should and would. The two verbs are not always interchangeable, however. You can use either should and would in the first person to express the future from the point of view of the past, but keep in mind that should sounds more formal than would: He swore that I should (or would) pay for the remark. The same principle applies to the verb in sentences that express a future condition: If I had known that, I would (or more formally, should) have answered differently. In the second and third persons, however, you only use would: She assured us that she would (not should) return. If he had known that, he would (not should) have answered differently.

According to this paragraph, the sentence which is highighted in red is refering to a future condition. But according to rules, it's an "if clause type III" which only refers to the past.

For references to the IF Types you can visit the following links.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-3

Please can someone tell me wheather it's a mistake by the author or it actually has something to do with the future.

GB

"If I had known before the time of speaking that he wasn't happy, I should/would have answered differently at the time of speaking."

The speaker looks back on an unreal past and speaks about how the future of that past (i.e. the time of speaking) would have been different if she/he had had certain information beforehand.

Need help with SHOULD

Grammarian-bot — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:58:00 GMT

The following paragraph has been taken from the American Heritage Book of English.

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/057.html (This is the link to the page.)

should versus would. Just as they ignore the traditional rules governing the use of shall and will, Americans largely ignore the traditional rules governing the use of should and would. The two verbs are not always interchangeable, however. You can use either should and would in the first person to express the future from the point of view of the past, but keep in mind that should sounds more formal than would: He swore that I should (or would) pay for the remark. The same principle applies to the verb in sentences that express a future condition: If I had known that, I would (or more formally, should) have answered differently. In the second and third persons, however, you only use would: She assured us that she would (not should) return. If he had known that, he would (not should) have answered differently.

According to this paragraph, the sentence which is highighted in red is refering to a future condition. But according to rules, it's an "if clause type III" which only refers to the past.

For references to the IF Types you can visit the following links.

Please can someone tell me wheather it's a mistake by the author or it actually has something to do with the future.

Walter M. Schirra Jr

paco2004 — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:21:03 GMT

I found an article about ex-astronaut Schirra in a page from CNN.

Walter M. Schirra Jr.
Schirra in his Mercury pressure suit with model of Mercury spacecraft behind him. The jocular Schirra logged more time in space than any of the other Mercury seven -- 295 hours -- aboard Mercury 8, Gemini 6 and Apollo 7. He left NASA and the Navy in 1969 when there were no new missions coming his way. "I didn't want to be a potted palm," he says. He worked at an oil and gas company before forming his own environmental company, which he then sold, and did stints as an executive at Johns-Manville and Kimberly-Clark.

Now retired, the 75-year-old Schirra has written two books -- "Schirra's Space" and "From Wildcats to Tomcats" (the latter about naval aviation) -- and still makes speeches and public appearances. He was at Knott's Berry Farm near Los Angeles recently for the inauguration of a ride called "The Scream Machine." He lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and has a second home on Kauai, Hawaii. His hobbies including fishing, boating and golf.

Never at a loss for one-liners, Schirra has two regarding Glenn's return to space: "One, I'm not that old. Two, I don't need the flight time." Would he go back into space himself? "Not unless I could fly it," he says. "I'm not interested in sitting in back."

What I feel somehow difficult to get is the last paragraph. As for the first sentence, I take it as "Being never at a loss for one-liners (=jokes), Schirra has two (one-liners) regarding Glenn's return to space". Am I right? What does mean "Not unless I could fly it"? Is it an ellipsis of "He would not go into the space himself unless I could fly it"? Can we use an "unless"-clause in a second type of conditional? What does this "it" stand for? Is it "return to space"?

paco