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Hi,1. Mr. M wrote this sentence as a response in a thread named "Please correct the sentence." Why no hyphen is needed for the phrase "call forwarding" as I can tell from his sentence?One reason I can think of is that they are so often used in pairs, to use them separately...

Thank you very much Grammar Geek,but to be frank ,I'm still confused aout the use of' Would' here.Can we use WILL instead of WOULD in #1 ?and why don't they use WILL in # 2?Similarly your sentence is " If the candidate has such proficiency, it would be preferable .Why not...

Thank you, again.I think I have seen Doll use this type of insertion technique to confirm the conditional nature of a sentence with the modal 'would'. Except the kind that is used for politeness, like your sentence here, would you say this is good to confirm the conditional nature of the...

Thank you. Would you say that the second set lacks proper context for their present-time usage since for the present-time uses, 'would' and 'could' have a sense of conditional -- depending on something to make the one with 'would' and 'could' to make it a reality...

Hi,1. Let us say this was in quotation marks. How would you validate the use of the underlined tense?The people who built houses; their walls have crumbled, as if they had never been!2. TWO more questions:Does 'as if' in normal sentential situations mean the same as 'if', like...

Marius Hancu wrote: Goodman wrote: Can i say: It is essential that we be informed of your plans. Yes! Help him understand - OkIt is essential that we should be informed of your plans. We insist that he must be on time There are those who use modal in subjunctive which in my opinion is...

Hi Bokeh, Becasue of your reply, it made me take a second look at the original question. I also did some research and found this paper written on the subject of Semantic Composition of Subjunctive Conditionals by Michela Ippolito of MIT/Tübingen University. I am not completely sure if I...

Dear forumI'm new here, finding this forum while searching for some paraphrases that are used in my Statement of Purpose (SoP), while applying for a PhD in Food Science.Then, I am lucky to find this forum, and I post my SoP here with the hope that someone, probably with a same interest, may read...

Alienvoord wrote:"I might could be persuaded to try that."Which dialect is this grammatical in? http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001120 Take a look here: 2.4 Modal stacking The complement of a modal cannot be a Finite verb, as there is no room in INFL for a second instance...

These are examples of such a form from the BNC: -in order to be pure, the boundaries of one's own body must not have been transgressed with anything impure. -between the parties must have been sufficiently numerous to constitute a "course of dealing," (ii) The established course of dealing...