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quote user Enchanted but i dont understand it grammatically quote The participial phrase is a modifier You can argue whether it s adverbial modifying the action or adjectival modifying the actor but either way your final analysis is correct since A does it when while knowing That is you could...

Hello Everybody I was translating this sentence in my language and came across a grammar point that I wasn t sure about So basically I am talking about 2 people A and B A and B have different preferences for clothes And the sentence was They are usually happy when at the moment they start to go...

quote user New2grammar Suggest a model that you think will would bring the aircraft to 10 000 feet quote By model what do you mean Engine quote user New2grammar I wanted to ask you to fill in the if parts and those are my takes quote It s not that simple because the main verb of the conditional...

Thank you very much Jim May I ask one more question As for the first pair of sentences which is better I ask this because I saw my grammar book saying If the main clause and relative clause mean the same future time we use future tense in the main clause and present tense the relative clause...

Hello everyone I learned from my grammar book that we often use present tense to refer to future in in case clause Like I always take an umbrella in case it rains I ve bought a chicken in case your mother stays to lunch In those cases I found that all the verbs in main clauses are tenses refer to...

Hi everyone I have a question about tense which I couldn t figure it out Almost all my grammar book says we will use present tense to express future events in if clauses If it rains tomorrow I ll stay at home If it is fine tomorrow we will go swimming The weather condition is something happens in...

Hi Generally speaking it s not great grammar to start a sentence with so like this However people sometimes do it 1 So all too often we find in situations of conflict that religion instead of encouraging people to move beyond their own trauma and own fears tends not only to support it but even to...

It s correct What is used in questions at the beginning of a clause Are must be before the subject you in a question The continuous present tense is often used to denote future action No preposition is used before this when this refers to time CB

On my grammar book it says When the verb in the main clause is in the past or past perfect tense the verb in the subordinate cluase must also be past or past perfect Here is the example The researchers discovered that people varied widely in their knowledge of public events the first verb in its...

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 tell you what to do In these sentences the conditional...