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Jackson:#1 "do" is a verb. (auxiliary) not an adverb. "need" is the main verb; the object is the infinitive phrase..("need to" is synonymous with "have to")#2 say is the main verb, Need is an auxiliary verb. Like the auxiliaries can or may, it does not...

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...

Hi,Should a delay exist ... = If a delay should exist ... (which means: we consider the existence of a delay very unlikely; however, if this delay existed ...)It's not a question, but a conditional sentence where subject and verb are inverted and "if" is dropped. It's a formal /...

Hi,... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also:http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

MarvinTheMartian wrote: I can't make up my mind which tense to use in the following sentence: "If it hadn't been for the remarkable opening passage, I would have assumed that the recital would be / have been a bore. I've seen both tenses used in similar constructions. Is it safe to assume...

Devrim55 wrote:If we ...........ready for the YDS exam decently, we .........at least two and a half hours a day for reading questions. a)were to get / should have spared b)got / would have spared c)are to get / had spared d)have gotten / would spare e)have to get / must have spared thanks...

Newbie2007 wrote: Quangtn03 wrote: Hi newbie."I wish you will have..." is a true conditional sentence. I think this is a letter so the writer have a wish for his friend.The latter is "I wish you will be happy", not "I wish be happy". He write for friend not for himself. Are you ok? Tell me what...

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...

Lin1978 wrote:Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle phrase, I have to keep both two subjects or change...

Hi, I think would as a modal verb is multi-faceted ??and two among many of its functions are 1) to express a polite supplication or 2) to express what might have happened if something had occurred. Which of the two would you say is in use here? Is this a Type 2 Conditional? 1. It would be...