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Would it be a correct grammar if I used would have been instead of would in the second sentence or I m required to use by now instead of now in the second sentence If I had done it a year ago I would be rich now If I had done it a year ago I would have been rich now by now I d also like to know...

Hello again Would it be a correct grammar if I used would have been instead of would in the second sentence or I m required to use by now instead of now in the second sentence If I had done it a year ago I would be rich now If I had done it a year ago I would have been rich now by now I d also...

Yes it is This is otherwise referred to in grammar as ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION By definition it is a reduced adjective or adverb clause that functions as sentence modifier indicating time and causality This type of construction is commonly used more in writing than in speaking I hope I ve been able...

Hi YSchneider I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non native speakers Here is an extract from CGEL Did you lock the front door 5 in a domestic situation where it is known that the front door is locked at bedtime every night In that case 5 is more or less...

Thank you Guru Geek I appreciate your support My teacher s emphatic claim is that for instruction manuals such as the assignment for which this introductory statement was drafted the construction if you do you get is how her previous editors have instructed her She hammers home the removal of...

Hi where do I put adverbs in this kind of construction The usual position for adverbs so only the first should not be ok Not being interested in English grammar I decided to burn all of those grammar books I was given Being not interested in English grammar I decided to burn all of those grammar...

Your construction is logical unfortunately the English language is not logical the grammar of German and the spelling of French have made it one of the most difficult languages to learn in the entire world this is my suggestion All his efforts were in vain or All of his efforts were in vain

33 6 Though the relative and interrogative pronouns and adverbs beginning with wh are identical in form it is possible in most cases to tell whether a clause is relative or interrogative What is relative in I insist on paying what it has cost but interrogative in I insist on knowing what it has...

Grammar Geek wrote the rewrite could be ambiguous because it s not clear if they were here illegally or if they illegally committed fraud If that s the meaning then you are right it s redundant Of course committing the fraud is illegal Hi GG My intended context was that in the USA be paired with...

I think the answer to your original question Magda is that if you want to keep your original sentence just change is to are The thing is it s an unusual sentence so Grammar Geek gave you a more common one I don t think many native English speakers would know with 100 certainty which verb to use...