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I'm not sure what you are asking, but if you intended the word "present", which I added, then again, what you say seems reasonable. CJ

Hi, How are they different? I think the number one use of "could" could be described as the past of "can" and the number two use can be described as, what I can say, an ellipted conditional structure. Right? With the modal "could," I think you can't denote...

Hi, Two questions, if I may. 1. Is this a correct conditional? Note that the priests had to look after their own fellowship with God if they were to minister to others. To follow what I call "traditional patterns", it seems logical to write it as: Note that the priests...

Thanks again You are not going to believe this I problably understand Well at least 1000 more than before CalifJim wrote You have a choice I would guess that the preference is for the version

Basically, the reactor Now, don't tear your hair out and start screaming, but the second of the two series above is sometimes taken to mean the same as the first series! -- that is, taken to refer to what was then the future instead of what was then the past. My recommendation, if...

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...

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...

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...

— I view quite differently. Take these statements: 1. If I can get the money, I'll come on holiday with you. 2. If I could get the money, I'd come on holiday with you. 3. If I had been able to get the money, I would have gone on holiday with you. I don't agree that the choice of...

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...