Welcome to Englishforums! Example 1.The first one is fine, it's a future conditonal. The second should be changed: If I sent..., how long would....This is a hypothetical conditional, so it uses the subjunctive mood. Example 2: The

Is this possible as reported speech? I think it sure is but why the past perfect passive is possible? I thought a passive sentence is usually used when the identity of an agent is not an issue. What could be the agent in this case? I met him

Hi, 1) Is this a conditional? I thought a sentence with an if-clause is not conditional if the word 'if' can be replaced by 'whether'. Incidentally, to me, the sentence can be replaced as such. Yesterday she threatened to call her

Lin1978 wrote: Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle

CalifJim wrote: There is no such thing as a transitive sentence. Verbs are transitive or intransitive, not sentences. "to train" is a transitive verb. As such, it can be used both in active and in passive sentences. The sample sentence