The reason I made that comment was already explained. I thought your English level was better than to ask the elementary questions on modals. That's all, nothing derogatory. Hey, it's absolutely no problem at all...but the ironic thing

Hi, I was taught that both " was/were able to " and " could " can be used to express ability in the past. Roughly speaking, " could " is not used with reference to one (or more) specific achievement in the past, but

That article at that link you posted mentions three ways of dealing with "spoken grammar". The second one is actually the approach I was taking: one single grammar. This is what is said in that article, and what I have been saying

To me they're both ungrammatical and unnatural, although you will certainly hear them in casual conversation. The normal construction is, "Yesterday I asked her if she would etc." (Don't forget the periods.) I perfer #1 as

"I would that you could come to me now" This sentence is not idiomatic in modern English. Where did you find this sentence? Was it in a text that was written hundreds of years ago? In the English of centuries ago, would was used as a

The inimitable jay stated one day We meet lots of different people in our life/lives. Can't think of a better example. Most of my English brain cells are sleeping now. Yes, the word "life" has the plural form "lives", as in