"He walked as fast as the undergrowth and snowdrifts would allow " What is the justification for the conditional in the second half of the sentence? Tough question. In some ways, it is not really a conditional, but an expression of

I just want to point out the word "could" is indicative of the subjunctive mood Modal verbs don't have tenses and moods in the way that other verbs do. could certainly acts like a past subjunctive in If I could help you, I would.

Why should we use 'would' ,'could' in the subjunctive mood and in the future tense? would and could , along with several other verbs, are called modal verbs. The modal verbs don't really have tenses, so you can't really use

Hi pleasehelp In your sentence, "have been" is what is known as a perfect infinitive . There are some other threads here that discuss perfect infinitives. Here are a few of them:

we would had have seen After a modal verb, the only form of the verb have that is possible is have itself -- never has or had or having . would is a modal verb, so only have can follow it. Think of the modal expressions as these and ONLY these:

Hi. Thank you so much. If I am not mistaken the two sentences that you corrected are representative of first conditional sentences. Could we have use the modal verb "should" in first conditional sentences like this (borrowing the

Is it correct to use the modal verb "would" in what looks seems to be a first conditional sentence? ... I am uneasy about using the modal verb "would" in the main clause if the if-clause is in the present tense. It's

Hi. Is it correct to use the modal verb "would" in what looks to be a first conditional sentence? The part that is being referenced is what follows the subordinate clause "While many people may advocate serious and lengthy

Hi. Please help. 1. Is the use of the modal verb "would" a past of the modal "will"? The fact (part?) that is confusing me is that without further context, by the underlined sentence alone, I think the sentence would be

" Four months ago, the President would not have considered handing GM 4 Billion ." Does something like this qualify as a "numbered" conditional? I take a hypothesis to be a supposition: Suppose it were last year (now). In that