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Re: Some very basic grammar questions

They are all correct. For lengthier discussions with lots of examples of the use of the past perfect tense after before , see Re: before past perfect tense , past tense and Re: Past Simple or Past Perfect . This is a common pattern for expressing "interruptive relationships" between...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 74 days ago Grammar, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Past Perfect, Universities, Subjunctives, Conditionals
Re: subjunctive and 2nd conditional

, (then) ... would have ... UNREAL, COUNTERFACTUAL *The past is sometimes called the past subjunctive in this position. Only the verb to be has a special form ( were in all persons and numbers) in this position. Other combinations of tenses in these kinds of if patterns have no...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 262 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Past Perfect, Subjunctives, Conditionals, Mixed Conditionals
Re: would have +past participle if +past perfect/simple past(?)

This situation is a little different than your type III conditional formula is intended for. The speaker is not in Ian's position, so the phrase is a "condition contrary to fact". In that situation a formal speaker or writer would use the subjunctive mood of the verb rather than indicative or...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Spides 1 yr 37 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Numbers, Past Perfect, Simple Past, Subjunctives, Past Tenses, Conditionals

Yoong Liat wrote: Hi Goodman You wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. ...

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Re: A couple of questions about the subjunctive and hypotheticals

Thanks for your reply, MrP. 1. I would call it an exclamatory conditional. The main clause is left unspoken, but we can usually infer it, e.g. "if only she would contact me, I would be very happy". Ok, it’s a conditional with an unexpressed result but still a ‘conditional’ right? In...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jussive 3 yr 13 days ago Verbs, Difference Between, Constructions, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Modals, Expressions, Subjunctives, Past Tenses, Conditionals, Mixed Conditionals
Re: Is "I could have danced..." subjunctive mode?

Japan wrote: Hello guys I have one question long about ' I could have danced all night' in 'My Fair Lady'. It has a passage of "I only know when he began to dance with me, I could have danced all night." Is that a third-condition? If so, I think the conditional clause should be "he...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by katsudon 3 yr 74 days ago Clauses, Numbers, Subjunctives, Conditionals, Mixed Conditionals

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