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Hi, I learned and think the modal 'would' is used for these purposes: 1) as a conditional element, 2) past form of the modal "will" and 3) to show repetition in the past For the writing below, do a conditional element and the usage as a past form of "will" present?...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 53 days ago Verbs Plurals Modals Conditionals
Re: Reported Speech

Jean-Francois, the only "trick" to reported speech is that sometimes the tense shifts back. It doesn't have to if the essential truth of the issue is still true, but it's never wrong to shift it back either. You can use the "that" - you are inconsistent in using...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Grammar Geek 114 days ago Plurals Tenses Conditionals Mixed conditionals
Re: Passport files of candidates breached

Way, way, way too much in one post! Maybe next time you could split these into separate posts? Your way is certainly also a very good way to state that fact. Both are correct.CJ

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 124 days ago Plurals Dates Numbers Conditionals
Re: He/she/it + were

As a footnote: 1. If he were here now, he would be able to answer the question. 2. If she were a little bigger, she wouldn't be quite so small. The "were" in these examples is called the "past subjunctive". The past subjunctive is used principally in conditional (hypothetical) statements, such...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MrPedantic 192 days ago Plurals Subjunctives Conditionals Interviews
Re: Was or Were?

Hi,I think it's definitley "was". The other, "were", doesn't make sense there. There are no conditionals, so it's just a past tense. And it agrees with "it" because that's the way "it's/it was" is used idiomatically:It's John who decided to go.It's my parents who decided to go.It was Jenny who...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 207 days ago Verbs Plurals Tenses Past tenses Conditionals
Re: a question of "Simple Present Tense"

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mr. Profenglish 273 days ago Regards Simple present Verbs Plurals Tenses Clauses Negatives Present tenses Universities Present simple Conditionals
Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Hi GoodmanYou often make some very good and legitimate points, but your decision to post that "he is in troubles again with the laws" sentence was an extremely unfortunate one. The websites you posted prove rather than disprove that. Did you notice that one of the guys who used the expression...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 275 days ago Plurals Clauses Expressions Conditionals

Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Goodman I searched for 'run into troubles' but found 'run into trouble' instead. The following is just one of the extracts. Oxford University Google Search Oxford University > Search Oxford University > Search Results ...

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Goodman 278 days ago

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Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Yoong Liat wrote: Neeraj Jain wrote: Hi Goodman, I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble". Hi JainI agree with you.Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble /with your car? Plural is also fine.get/run into troubleYour troubles are your worries:...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 278 days ago Plurals Clauses Nouns Uncountable nouns Countable nouns Conditionals

Re: wish clauses

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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Goodman 289 days ago

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