In Expressions^x, Conditionals^x

Hi Carissa, Welcome to the forum, I have never seen or heard anyone who would use ‘in behalf” in any context. The expression is always “on behalf”, meaning representing. On behalf of my family, I would like to take this time to thank everyone for coming. As to the auxiliary...

Yes. Your backshift interpretation seems right to me. But I don't see this as necessarily subjunctive. It comes off as a sort of borderline case to my ear. CJ PS. ... would have baked you a cake is the usual expression!

It's not my wish to downplay the technical differences between "can" and "could." Members with an ESL background are much better versed than I in conditionals. Can / could you lift that box? You have to analyze it from two different perspectives. (1) the polite request...

This is quite an assignment, and you have made a great attempt. I'll try to make corrections, assuming I understand the instructions. 5: some would prefer "the summit of which", avoiding the human element of 'whose' 6: I don't know what your native language is, but...

Hi, ... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also: http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htm http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

How could you have ? CJ, thank you for the idiomatic expressions. I think I understand it now. I've been repeating this same mistake because could have always makes me think of conditional. For example, What could I have done to your son? So I wonder when could have is a conditional...

Hi, I haven't seen this expression before. Here's my understanding of it. A pure paycheck deal is 'You do this work and I give you this amount of money'. A deal that is not pure paycheck sounds like the amount of money is conditional on the success of the movie. eg...

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...

Thanks, paco2004, for the information on the subjunctive in English. You know more about it than 99% of English speakers. No one understands the subjunctive in English because it is so subtle and complex, and the rules for using would, should, could, can, might and may are so subtle that even...

Let's concentrate on the situation involving the Statue of Liberty. Here would is not used in the ways I talked about in previous posts. Here would occupies a position in the following paradigm: She is going to stand there. ~ She will stand there. She was going to stand there. ~ She would...