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Then it's wouldn't . Though some variation is possible in the right situation, the typical groups of tenses that go together in the same sentence are: Present perfect - Present - Future of the Present ( will ) - Most modal verbs, including can, may, must, should OR Past Perfect - Past...

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...

Hi, Can you confirm my surmises for the sentence below? The mistake which the leaders and John made 1) could have been prevented , if they 2) had been cautious and asked for help. 1) Is the main function of modal verbs like 'could' to express advisibility and the modal verbs do not...

CalifJim wrote: The sentence is complicated by the fact that you can make the past of can by using could , but you have to make the past of must by using must have . And must have been is not a past perfect tense, by the way. It's one of the modal perfect tenses, most of which have special uses....

The sentence is complicated by the fact that you can make the past of can by using could , but you have to make the past of must by using must have . And must have been is not a past perfect tense, by the way. It's one of the modal perfect tenses, most of which have special uses. Let's...

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True? "Yesterday President Bush said that America was dominated by British soldiers." Huurm.. English is a quite queer language. Hi Paco, Again, if you want to believe that the sequence of tenses "rule" describes how language actually works, then you're going to be severely...

Hello This is a garbage-like posting written by a poor English learner who has been and still now is agonized by subjunctive things which supposedly underlie English collocations. My way of understanding English grammar The English language uses two moods (indicative/subjunctive) and...

Hello JTT Hello, Mr Pedantic. May I call you Mr P? {Please don't ever take my direct manner in these discussions as any type of personal attack. I only want to address the facts. If I believe you or anyone to be in err, I'll plainly say so and I hope you and others will do the same for...