By Expressions, Direct questions

I know 'would' carries many meanings. My problem is sometimes I find it difficult to tell which meaning the speaker uses. I think I understand its hypothetical usage, and in some contexts, its politeness usage. Below is a post that has several woulds I have trouble interpreting. I also...

Hi Giuseppe, and welcome!The structure you're referring to is called "inversion."Your examples fall into a singular category (that of negative/restrictive expression) which includes other expressions, such as barely, scarcely, hardly, seldom, little, never, under no circumstances,...

I think I've never seen a question mark in those kind of sentences... non natives maybe put it at the end. Maybe natives do too, but because they can't write, not because they don't know English and can't speak. Pucca wrote:I wouldn't put the question mark either, but, if that makes the speech...

The exercise sentence is in reported speech, also called 'indirect speech/question'. Therefore, the correct answer is B: 'My mother asked what the matter was with me'. The direct question could have been: 'What is the matter with you?'. Your last example is fine.

Dear teachers, Would you please correct my answers? But before that I’d like to ask you if I understood the meaning of the underlined expressions or ideas. Furthermore, I’d like to ask British teachers if they confirm what she says about the “British thing” and give me more elements about this...

CalifJim wrote:we can't use "will" after "when"..Not true. We can't use will after when if when is an adverbial conjunction of time, that is, if it tells when something happens. We can use will after when if when simply introduces an indirect question, typical after expressions like I don't...

we can't use "will" after "when"..Not true. We can't use will after when if when is an adverbial conjunction of time, that is, if it tells when something happens. We can use will after when if when simply introduces an indirect question, typical after expressions like I don't know or I can't...

. direct question negative adverbs that begin a sentence comparison adv place at the beginning of a sentence omission if expressions with'only' that begin a sentence so, neithe, nor

1) Would you please help me finish these clauses ? a) If you were to give him a chance… b) If you were to fail … c) Would it be possible to use the indicative “If you ARE …” in the above clauses ? What difference would it make? JTT: It's theoretically possible but the more common use is,...

Dear teachers, As usual, I'll ask many questions in one post but you can, of course, answer them at your convenience. 1) Would you please help me finish these clauses ? a) If you were to give him a chance… b) If you were to fail … c) Would it be possible to use the indicative “If you ARE …”...