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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?)...

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...

Hello everyone, In working with my own people, still I am not an exception allowing myself to judge what is right or what is not right in English grammar and idiomatic expression, I felt this sentence bit awkward or strange - but it's rather my perception wrong? The sentence reads: ...

Hello Mr P You (and Marv have) talked a lot about ! When I was in school, teachers taught us to use with a statement in subjunctive mood. Indeed Fowler wrote so in his "The King's English" a century ago, and still now OED seems to defy any use of . But language changes with time and so the...

Hello everybody, I will be most thankful and will appreciate very much, if one of you could help me in correcting the below exchanges and advice to the Tasks below; Please note, I will be grateful to receive corrected versions in simple termes and grammartical explanation to the corrections. ...