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Velimir: Sorry I did not understand your question. Here are some comments on the verb tenses in your sentences 1a) Whenever you've sent us your goods, we have received your documents related to the delivery when the truck has already set off . you've sent: You have sent is present...

Hi again, Thank you so much again. Here, Your correction: "If John comes home about an hour later, he will be looking for me to play chess with him and when he finds out I am not there, he will be disappointed," I think. Do you have a question about this? Yes,but does it have to be...

Thank you so much again. Here, Your correction: "If John comes home about an hour later, he will be looking for me to play chess with him and when he finds out I am not there, he will be disappointed," I think. Do you have a question about this? Yes,but does it have to be...

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...

Peaceblinkfriend wrote: Hi, If I hadn't passed my exam, I wouldn't have gone to Cancun. = This is a conditional clause and in this instance, it is being used to talk about something that might have happened in the past, but did not in fact happen. In this sort of conditional clause, you use the...

Hellow Zewu I'm an English learner from Japan. I am afraid I don't know much about English enough to answer such questions as those you are asking. But allow me to put my two cents worth. First of all, let me define some grammatical terms. In English, people usually say 'subjunctive mood'...

Hello I'm interested in this thread because I myself didn't get the usage and grammar of "would rather". I think "would rather" constructs are really peculiar as an English sentence. Let me show some example sentences for the discussion sake. (1) I would rather be lucky in business (than in...

Hello again We had hoped that he would stay longer I don't know why past perfect is used here. Is it an independent sentence? Or is it a statement embedded in any clause? If it stands by itself, I take this 'would' is a modal expressing the volition of the subject. One cannot know whether he...

Hello What is queer to me about the use of the subjunctive mood are rules of "time one-step advanced than tense" and "time-freedom from the main clause tense" 1. time one-step advanced than tense Subjunctive's semantic time is one-step advanced than the syntactic tense. They are...

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...