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Hi RotterYes, of course, there are differences in the word order, but a similar auxiliary (ska, which is related to shall) and a present infinitive (köpa, buy) is needed in your sentence. And a perfect conditional is formed in the same way in English and Swedish as well:If I had had money, I...

Goodman wrote:Away from Google, “He is in troubles again with the laws” is not a wrong sentence and I am saying this with conviction. Sorry Goodman, but my very sincere and adamant advice to you is that you should say that with considerably less conviction. A natural and correct version of...

If I will be rich - You can't have will or would in the if clause of a conditional structure. describe me the picture - describe (and other verbs) do not allow this word order. These have to be learned one verb at a time, unfortunately. (The general pattern is that verbs of one syllable...

Strictly speaking, no, it is not necessary to use subject-operator inversion in all questions, conditionals, etc. You can ask a question by making a statement with a questioning tone of voice, for example. So you're leaving for Holland this Friday? Inversion in conditionals is optional...

1. I would either say, "A restrictive appositive is not set off by a comma." or "Restrictive appositives are not set off by commas." 2. It would be correct to phase this, "Is it still OK?" Perhaps easiest to understand if you change the word order like it was not a question, such as, "It...

Janissary, I am glad my posts have helped you. But it seems I was not quite right. Ruslana wrote:Inverted word order is used in subordinate clause of conditional sentence if the conjunction if is absent and there are such words words like: should, would, had, were, could. They should be...

And now let me make some additions myself . Inversion should be used if a clause begins with such words like: never, hardly, scarcely, seldom, little, in vain, not only, etc. Never in my life have I seen such a thing.No sooner had he arrived than he fell ill.In vain did we try to make him...

〖Sotto voce: Quietly crossing the stage, uncertainly mumbling〗 'Reference to subsequent events' is not always to be called 'future reference,' especially in conditionals. Sequence of events can be expressed in various ways, with various nuances. By word order, for example. Truth-conditionally...

Hello Xavier, you're right of course: Communication is one of the tasks of language. The Grammar is "late": Language follows special patterns (word order, inflection, cases, conjugation, etc) - language has to follow those patterns as without them, communication wouldn't be possible. The only...

By just briefly looking over it and not being much of an editor I found these: 1. "The TOEFL test is a test that measures the ability in English for both nonnative and native speakers who attend the university." -- You don't need "is a test that" because we know it's a test because you just...