In Paragraphs^x, Modals^x

Hi everybody, I strongly disagree with the views mentioned on behalf of the Callan Method. Just because it promises to get the student where he or she wants to, doesn't mean the Method deserves criticism. I've been teaching English both the traditional way and the Callan Method way for...

Are some people mis-reading Trollope? Quote: Nonetheless, all of the grammarians cited in the previous paragraph feel that in certain cases there is indeed a semantic distinction. Poutsma (1904: 549) sees a "clear" difference in meaning between I have much money to spend and I...

The web site mangled my last post!!! I try again. I also had experience s like her s ( must be possessive case of the pronoun "she", not the adjective, her) too. When During my first day s in United States myfamily and I lived in at San Diego (we live in a city, county;...

Ellisa: This is a very long passage, and your other post seems to be even longer. The editor at this web site makes it difficult to make corrections to long passages. Also, many teachers do not want to devote a long time working on a single post. If you post only one paragraph at a time, then...

I think the following would be considered a typical Type 3 Conditional. If I had studied hard in college, I would have become a successful person. Yes. This is a typical Type 3 conditional. If ... had ..., would have .. Here, I think would is a modal verb for a clause that...

Each modal can be used with the 4 aspects and 2 voices . Typically only the modal will is included in the count (I don't know why! would seems equally useful, for example, in indicating time relationships.), so this adds 8 more tenses for a total of 24 tenses . If we extend the count by...

Each modal can be used with the 4 aspects and 2 voices . Typically only the modal will is included in the count (I don't know why! would seems equally useful, for example, in indicating time relationships.), so this adds 8 more tenses for a total of 24 tenses . If we extend the count by...

Keron wrote: HI Could anyone teach me how to use them I saw a paragraph in which future tense was being used ,but "would" also appear in the same paragraph Why is it so? My classmate said the use of "would" is not related to the tense! So could anyone tell me when I need to use them thank you! ...

Dear Mr Pedantic, Any novel will do as long as in the paragraphs there is a mixture of different tenses / modals, prepositions, quantifiers, articles and/or intensifiers. I would love to have some texts which would combine a variety of future tenses too. Am I too demanding... ? Thanks a...

Thank you Mr Pedantic for your advice. I'll try that and I'll come back to you. Would it be possible for you to tell me how I can get exercises -in the form of PARAGRPHS and not sentences- which would include a variety of tense combinations, modals, "fill in the blanks" with preposition,...