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I obviously agree with Forbes: it depends on your first language. I have never had any problems with passive sentences, subjects and objects, the difference between countable and uncountable, etc. because those are all features I have in Italian too. It is not difficult at all for me to use...

This is my take: The use of "would rather" is not restricted by time. In certain aspects, it contains a conditional element as well. Here is some info. Hope that helps your question. <EDITED by mod to credit your source .>

1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your giving …’. ‘Giving’ is a gerund acting as a noun. What...

What I would do is use the different forms of 'and' in examples from a book. In fact, I would start with #1 and work my way through the defined meaning of 'and'. Using the examples you find you can display how the word and is very versatile. This is from dictionary.com: 1. ( . used to connect...

If I won't shoot at any soldier, I won't kill any soldiers. Just my point. In both cases I would use the plural because both are complements, not adjuncts. That's why I said complement rather than object. shoot at is a prepositional verb with complement soldier . (I think you meant If I...

Anonymous, you can post questions here when you come across English words or phrases that you don't understand, or when you have questions about English grammar. You can use the search feature and look for topics that you have questions about, like verb agreement, or conditionals, or pronouns,...

hello all I will put (write) here all the general forms of the English grammar tenses as I know (understand ) it, I want you to chek it and correct me. Sometimes there is no form (just a speace), I want you to write the general form of the kind of the tense that is detected. I'm so sorry...

Hello, everyone! I still have lots of questions according this sentence. Hope you guys can help me again. I need to analysis this sentence and write down the form and function of the sentence. Moreover, I need to have the explanation. First of all, I am not sure of the form of this clause...

Alienvoord wrote: I'm a native speaker. I'd say that a verbal is a noun or adjective that is derived from a verb. All 3 sentences sound fine to me. milky: "All of those are incorrect." how's that? What would you say verbals are if you were allowed to say only one sentence and this...

Mister Micawber wrote: In all indicative mood sentences, it is a singular pronoun taking the singular verb. The example that you have exhumed, however, is a use of the subjunctive were used in conditional sentences stating a present condition contrary to fact (the trophy is not in fact the...