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I saw the following third conditional sample sentences from an educational webpage: 1. If I had not gone to university in Spain, I would not be bilingual. 2. If you had attended the training seminar, you would be familiar with the new operational procedures. 3. If we had not felt we...

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...

1) Do May / Might NOT (like CANNOT) express an interdiction = must not ? ex: ? CJ

Thank you very much, CJ, for your answers! Some more questions if you wouldn't mind: 1) Do May / Might NOT (like CANNOT) express an interdiction = must not ? ex: ? 2) Mrs James is in hospital and HASN’T BEEN ALLOWED TO have (and NOT “could have”) a cigarette after her meals. (correct ?) 3)...

Hello, Jim I've been away from the boards lately. I'm not sure you're still interested in my response, but here it goes: 1. I'm afraid I can't tell how often verbs like "wish" are used in the mandative subjunctive. It seems they are used, though, according to my books. Here are a few...