I agree with Planet Hopper on this one. Both choices are valid depending on the context.

1.     A group IS ...  (Not important who is in the group). A group is a singular, countable noun. 3.    Both wrong.     She went home half an hour ago. Given, finished time requires simple past UNLESS it relates to another action in the past.

Milky wrote: <To my mind, the articles are the trickiest part of English grammar> And modals? They are similar to other Germanic languages in structure and as there are only two infinitives in English (and in Swedish, for that

<To my mind, the articles are the trickiest part of English grammar> And modals?

In much of the talk about English grammar you will find discussions of modals or discussions of modal verbs . These are the same thing. CJ

There are other websites that don't agree with each other, so I think I have the right to be confused, don't I? Absolutely. A joyous acceptance of confusion is essential, if you want to understand English grammar. But another

Thank you. Michael Swan thinks the same as you, in reported speech when backshifting, present conditional ===> past conditional . But another grammar book I have (by Cambridge) says nothing about that, it just says that "could, should, would,

Inchoateknowledge wrote: What does (simple) future tense mean in this sentence? The grammarian (it is a grammarian, isn't it?) you're quoting would probably tell you that there is no future tense. Many linguists claim English has only two

Rahul Malhotra wrote: but, i dont know why so many books on english grammar says that modals should not be used in the condition of conditionals and can only be used in the result . Often, this is caused by this situation where the above rule

but, i dont know why so many books on english grammar says that modals should not be used in the condition of conditionals and can only be used in the result . how to know a word in a sentence whether it is in the adjective form or past