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Structure reconstruction. ( dots mean that this part of sentence is not changed) Reconstruct the following sentences (or pairs of sentences) in such a way that they are as similar as possible in meaning to the ones printed before them. Make all necessary alteraction. Use the info provided in...

I tried to solve this lil test but i couldnt figure out all answers. Would you be so kind and help me with it? I have no answer key for it so I can't compare my answers with correct ones and im not sure of my answers :( I hope that u'll find some time to help :)read the following text and...

N5pn4cya wrote:Please help clarify. Also, which one(s) of the following is/are correct: 1- I wonder if he remembers me. vs. I wonder if he remember me. (Should here be a subjunctive?) I'd say no. The sentence isn't conditional. It basically means "I want to know whether or not he...

Hi Jack,my try:I would not put myself in a position where I jeopardized the people working for me, or those for whom I worked, for the sake of vanity.I don't know the exact terms to refer to those words. Let's say those two "past tenses" are kind of like two "subjunctives" or "unreality past...

Sandie wrote: "Wouldn't it be funny if he moved into the same place Grandmother was?" if they're referring to her new retirement home? To me, that statement seems to be referring to her old retirement home. But somebody whom I think has a good grasp of grammar made that statement and explained...

First, Munchun, if you are going to post these long passages, please proofread. It is difficult to follow your precise problem if there are a lot of typos, etc. Let me just re-write this thing first, with what I feel is the expected grammar, and then I'll try to answer your questions: 'If I...

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...