By Constructions, Conditionals

Structure reconstruction. ( dots mean that this part of sentence is not changed) Reconstruct the following sentences (or pairs of sentences) in such a way that they are as similar as possible in meaning to the ones printed before them. Make all necessary alteraction. Use the info provided in...

I tried to solve this lil test but i couldnt figure out all answers. Would you be so kind and help me with it? I have no answer key for it so I can't compare my answers with correct ones and im not sure of my answers :( I hope that u'll find some time to help :)read the following text and...

Thank you, again. Then, what a person has to do in order to build some solid foundations on the basics of conditional construction and have a ready reference at the back of his head (?) to refer back to to check whether a conditional sentence he wrote is formed correctly?? Could your answer be...

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...

I'm not aware of any classification of the as if constructions into first, second, and third. From what I've seen, they can parallel the first, second, and third conditionals in their tense patterns, but usage is much more free. That is, they don't always conform strictly to those...

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

Kooyeen, do you say "have gone play" or "have gone playing"? In this case, I think the common expression is "have gone golfing".What do you think?By the way, I was told to use your construction, conditional 3 even though the event was scheduled for sometime in the...

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...