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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: if-clause (future)

Welkins2139 wrote: " if clauses " ( also called adverb clause of condition) present possible condition. The main clause express results. 1. If you study in a foreign country , what do you need to do? a present tense, not a future tense, is used in an if clause, even though the verb in the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Avangi 352 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Adverbs, Present Tenses, 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 38 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: Auxiliary verbs

Goodman wrote: ... I was looking at it as a conditional. So was I, Goodman. But your suggestion was to write a so-called "mixed conditional" (a mix of type 2 and type 3). Number 8: First sentence: "We might win " = a reference to a theoretically possible future event Second...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 1 yr 214 days ago Verbs, Numbers, Auxiliaries, Conditionals, Mixed Conditionals
Re: Using Would instead of Will in Future Perfect

Sabyakgp wrote: Dear Friends, I would like to how "Would" can be used in future perfect as a modal verb. For Example. Analysts predicts that world population would have risen considerably by 2010. (Prediction can be wrong, so using "Would" instead of "Will" means this sentence...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Chad 1 yr 359 days ago Regards, Verbs, Numbers, Modals, Conditionals, Modal Verbs
Re: Another "If clause"

Anonymous wrote: In what circumstances do we use will after if in a conditional state? If you don’t stop teasing me, you will suffer the consequences. If the company sale doesn’t make the projected number, I can see drastic changes coming. If you don’t turn down your music,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 2 yr 3 days ago Verbs, Clauses, Numbers, Conditionals
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 14 days ago Verbs, Difference Between, Constructions, Tenses, Clauses, Numbers, Modals, Expressions, Subjunctives, Past Tenses, Conditionals, Mixed Conditionals
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1. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark. This is fine. It’s the first conditional: modal auxiliary verb + if + present simple 2. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark. This would work as the second conditional if you replaced ‘must’ with ‘would’. In such a...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jussive 3 yr 26 days ago Verbs, Numbers, Auxiliaries, Modals, Past Simple, Present Simple, Conditionals, Modal Auxiliaries
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http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20050311_190923_1488 1. James says if the NDP gets elected in the spring, she would increase the number of residencies for foreign trained doctors to 25 annually. (Is this a conditional wiht a modal verb? Is the modal verb acting as a...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by jack112 3 yr 266 days ago Articles, Verbs, Tenses, Numbers, Modals, Conditionals, Modal Verbs

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