Aside: Americans, does this comment vex you? "The 'Americanization' of British English is suggested by the modal auxiliary profiles: here British English appears to follow American English, where the decline of modals is further

Milky wrote: Anonymous wrote: In the sentence, "She has to eat salad every day," would "has to" be a helping verb for the action verb "eat?" Initially "to eat" looks like an infinitive, but isn't "has to" another way of saying "must," which

Anonymous wrote: In the sentence, "She has to eat salad every day," would "has to" be a helping verb for the action verb "eat?" Initially "to eat" looks like an infinitive, but isn't "has to" another way of saying "must," which would make it a

Anderew wrote on 24 May 2004: lee wrote on 24 May 2004: Yes, it is. Specifically, it's a conditional clause, which is a type of adverbial clause. Well, it seems that you are terminologically right for once: "Conditional clauses

lee wrote on 24 May 2004: I'm stumped on how to describe this introductory clause... "Should ... pretty sure it's not inversion...is it an introductory adverbial clause? Yes, it is. Specifically, it's a conditional clause, which

lee wrote on 24 May 2004: I'm stumped on how to describe this introductory clause... "Should you need any help, go to the front desk and ... I'm confused about. I'm not that knowledgable on grammar. I'm pretty sure it's