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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

Hi Forbes Thank you for your long reply. I do appreciate it. I would just like to say that I my opinion is based on the knowledge I have of the Germanic and Romance languages and it is of course very subjective. I fully understand that not everyone agrees with me and what I consider easy may be...

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...

Forbes wrote: I think you misunderstand what I am trying to get at it. If you are teaching someone Thai and you say "Thai nouns have no plural" you may give the impression that Thai has no means of expressing number, which is not the case. I agree that many...

Soylista wrote: I am confused with this expression, " will be going to + Vb ". eg. I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow. To me, this expression is sort of redundant. Why do you need to use both "will" and "be+going to"? I somewhat understand the differences between future meaning...

"Retire", when it is used to describe persons, it is, in its origin, an intransitive verb to mean "draw (oneself) away from the contact with other people", although it has been used as a transitive verb since ME days in the case it is used to talk about things. It is only in 18th century people...

Hello MIA6 Are you a native speaker? If so it's very interesting to me. I'm a Japanese, who have learned English rather for a long time but still find it tough to catch the exact sense and usage of English present perfect tense. I'm afraid you might feel ill to hear about the grammar of your...

Your questions: (1) Is it really accepted as a slang in the US or in other English-speaking countries? Comments: The answer is both "Yes" and "No." The answer is "Yes" because "I'm loving it" and even "I'm liking it" are becoming very commonly used in American English. If you do a Websearch for...

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: ...

Munchun: I am just wondering if JTT has his own rules towards that English grammar. I really hope I could see a totally different view point from JTT. JT: No, I don't have my own personal set of English grammar rules, Munchun. What I describe is how English actually works. Your confusion comes...