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Hi everybody, I strongly disagree with the views mentioned on behalf of the Callan Method. Just because it promises to get the student where he or she wants to, doesn't mean the Method deserves criticism. I've been teaching English both the traditional way and the Callan Method way for...

Hi, e 1) I’ll do what I think is right. 2 ) I’ll do it, which I think is right. "i" pronoun functioning as subject. "will" is modals OK, although I'd call it an auxiliary verb. "do" main verb. "what is think is right" is direct object....

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 CB, What is defective/modal auxiliary verb? Sorry for asking you too many questions. I hope you will give a touch to all the above questions. Thanks, Jackson

To my home has nothing to do with verbs. To is a preposition here. An answer to your last question is given in a previous post: " The auxiliary forms of need are used primarily in present-tense questions, negations, and conditional clauses." In other words, auxiliary need is...

Hi, I think the verbs 'vanish' and 'surface' are intransitive verbs. I think that means they take no objects and no passive form is available for them. Does that mean only passive form is not available and other verbal ? constructions are still available to them like attaching...

Hi, 1. Is the no. 2, the one that seems to have an ellipted clause or that seems to contain an implicit conditional correct? 1. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of many who might have a chance to see it. OK 2. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of...

Hi, 1. Is the no. 2, the one that seems to have an ellipted clause or that seems to contain an implicit conditional correct? 1. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of many who might have a chance to see it. 2. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of anyone...

Always and other adverbs of indefinite time (ever, never, usually, seldom etc.) are usually placed after a defective/modal auxiliary in affirmative clauses: I shall always regret that. I would never have believed him. CB

Due to is a preposition, so the first clause should be a prepositional phrase (remember that you can't use modals in prepositional phrases, so you will have to change cannot  to not be able to .  The verb in the clause needs to be in gerund form. You need a comma after the prepositional...