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Huevos, So am I correct to assume that your classification of “exhausted” is adjectival in nature? Perhaps, this is the difference between how you and I see it. For pure fact finding interest, I have done some more investigative research: Bear in mind, my sentence was “I am completely exhausted...

Rith wrote: Some English grammar books say that you can use ＜ during which ＞ instead of ＜ when ＞ in a relative adverb clause. Is it always true? Well, I'm not sure. Certainly, ＜ during which ＞ and ＜ when ＞ are both time-related expressions. However, while ＜ when ＞ in a...

Some English grammar books say that you can use ＜ during which ＞ instead of ＜ when ＞ in a relative adverb clause. Is it always true? Well, I'm not sure. Certainly, ＜ during which ＞ and ＜ when ＞ are both time-related expressions. However, while ＜ when ＞ in a relative adverb...

All of your examples are gerunds if we stick to modern terminology. Forget about the terminology verbal noun . It's total garbage! It has many different definitions, depending on the author and when the grammar book was written. __ The modern definition is given at ...

Let's spread out the issue a little bit: ____ O ____ Type 2. Basic forms . a. If we caught the 10 o'clock train, we would (could, might, etc.) get there by lunch-time. b. If I came into a fortune, I would give up smoking. c. If I knew how it worked, I could...

Clive wrote: Hi, If he called, tell him I'll be back soon If you said that to me, I would have no idea what you meant. I certainly wouldn't see it as referring to any kind of future calling. It sounds like you are telling me "if he called in the past, tell him (when? next time he calls?)...

Paco2004 wrote: Philip wrote: My ear prefers "If you promise to leave tomorrow, I'll tell you the truth now", just because I don't like the future in the if-clause. I've never looked for an authoritative source to back me up..and there may well not be one. Thanks for the reply, Philip. One of...

Hello Clive I think this way. The correct and formal form may be like :“ ), the author might do so for a rhetorical purpose, but it seems to me this change brings us an impression of the expression being somehow logically weird, since we think the conjunctive ‘for’ should be followed by, not a...

Mary Ansell's on-line text, English Grammar: Explanations and Exercises , explains some of the differences among these auxiliaries: 3. Can and Could The modal auxiliary can is most often used in the Simple conjugation. The most important meaning of can and could is to be able to....

Rho, Ok, this is obvious you are not being honest and sincere. You are intentionally playing dumb. You seem to be convinced that I have some "source" which I am not divulging. I have presented examples and given various explanations. If you still want to antagonize someone, email...