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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 175 days ago Verbs Plurals Modals Conditionals
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 329 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 1 yr 30 days ago Regards Simple present Verbs Plurals Tenses Clauses Negatives Present tenses Universities Present simple Conditionals

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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Re: Conditional dilemma

Believer wrote: 1.If I worked more diligently, I would buy more bacon. 2. If I had money, I would buy a Lexus. 3. If I had been talking with him at the meeting, I would have recognized that he is my cousin. 4. If I had won the match, I would have become famous. Would you say all the above...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Philip 1 yr 137 days ago Articles Verbs Plurals Tenses Subjunctives Conditionals
Re: Any dictionary - Exception to the rule?

Thank you very much, Jim and Yankee. CalifJim wrote:If I won't shoot at any soldier, I won't kill any soldiers.Just my point. In both cases I would use the plural because both are complements, not adjuncts. That's why I said complement rather than object. shoot at is a prepositional verb...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 289 days ago Verbs Plurals Conditionals Prepositional verbs Adjuncts
Re: Any dictionary - Exception to the rule?

If I won't shoot at any soldier, I won't kill any soldiers.Just my point. In both cases I would use the plural because both are complements, not adjuncts. That's why I said complement rather than object. shoot at is a prepositional verb with complement soldier. (I think you meant If I...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 1 yr 290 days ago Verbs Plurals Nouns Conditionals Prepositional verbs Adjuncts Abstract nouns
Re: Shall and Will

according to the houghton mifflin company's amreicsan heritgae dictionary of the english language::: will (n.) 1. the mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action; volition 2. an instance of the exercising of this faculty; a deliberate...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 2 yr 340 days ago Verbs Plurals Clauses Auxiliaries Conditionals Contractions
Re: Want to know more about conjunctive

Hellow Zewu I'm an English learner from Japan. I am afraid I don't know much about English enough to answer such questions as those you are asking. But allow me to put my two cents worth. First of all, let me define some grammatical terms. In English, people usually say 'subjunctive mood' for...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 3 yr 88 days ago Verbs Plurals Difference between Tenses Clauses Auxiliaries Past perfect Modals Subjunctives Conditionals Modal auxiliaries
Re: When to use 'is' and 'are' has caused an argument in the office

Calif Jim I used past tense in the 'posing' example because I was imagining a press article describing the event. When we say "Manchester United are (or is) posing for photos", we are doing so in the belief that the listener or reader will infer we mean the players - or at least those players...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Brutus 3 yr 354 days ago Articles Grammar Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Conversations Tenses Nouns Pronouns Subjunctives Past tenses Conditionals

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