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Hi all,Thanks in advance for your help in answering this question. I'm trying to explain to a non-native English speaker that a certain usage is either incorrect or awkward, but I find myself unable to do so. At this point, I'm just confusing myself in trying to explain it.So her...

Thank you, Guru Geek. I appreciate your support.My teacher's emphatic claim is that for instruction manuals, such as the assignment for which this introductory statement was drafted, the construction if you do..., you get... is how her previous editors have instructed her. She hammers home the...

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...

Let's spread out the issue a little bit: ____ O ____ Type 2. Basic forms. a. If we caught the 10 o'clock train, we would (could, might, etc.) get there by lunch-time. b. If I came into a fortune, I would give up smoking. c. If I knew how it worked, I could tell...

Hi again, Dear Kate, As you know, 20 doctors from your society are needed for my REP's study. I am a bit concerned about the recruitment of the doctors. Do you think it is easier to get general practitioners to participate than specialists? If it is hard to persuade them to get involved with...

Sorry guys - i made my question a little confusing. The point of my question is that i would like to know what form/tense/principle was used to make that sentence. Im trying to understand this in that way - I + will + Present Perfect - is that possible? The fragment "when the ice has broken"...

Goldmund wrote: PASTEL wrote: From "Advanced Grammar in Use, Chapetr 11" We can use will or going to with little difference in meaning in the main clause of an if-sentence when we say that something is conditional on something else-it will happen if something else happens first:1- If we go on...

PASTEL wrote: From "Advanced Grammar in Use, Chapetr 11" We can use will or going to with little difference in meaning in the main clause of an if-sentence when we say that something is conditional on something else-it will happen if something else happens first:1- If we go on like this,...

Playing to Win by Margaret A. Whitney 1 My daughter is an athlete. Nowadays, this statement won’t strike many parents as unusual, but it does me. Until her freshman year in high school, Ann was only marginally interested in sport of any kind. When she played, she didn’t swing hard, often...

Dear teachers, As usual, I'll ask many questions in one post but you can, of course, answer them at your convenience. 1) Would you please help me finish these clauses ? a) If you were to give him a chance… b) If you were to fail … c) Would it be possible to use the indicative “If you ARE …”...