1) How is it functioning below (I've asked this elsewhere and received no consistent answer)? Having found me to be an alcoholic, she did not like me and so spurned my offer. But I would attempt to warm up to her . It functions as the

how should I use 'have got' in the past tense? had got? I mean not the present perfect with 'get', but the construction of possession

I f we could ask for your cooperation, would you all please remain seated until your row has been called.” The first conditional uses the present tense in the if clause and will + infinitive in the result clause, whereas the second

I know that 'dare' and 'need' is rather strange modal verbs. 1)I may say 'I need not do that', but may I say 'I need do that', without TO? 2) I know only phrase 'I dare say' without TO, but may I say 'I

Hi all Can you please take a look at the paragraph below and tell me whether or not the highlighted sentence was written in passive form? If it was, why hadn't the writer put "was" before "proved"? (Is my question

I think your confusion lies in the modal / helping word usage in relation to the verb form. If you can remember this, it will help eliminate some of this kind of problem. All verbs must stay in their base form immediately after a model or

The rest of the paragraph is in present tense. Now, here is the sentence I'm having problems with. By making sure the kid is fed, cooking and making playing time, I gain a variety of organizational skills and a degree of babysitting

Please visit these sites for your particular question(s): http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/conditional_special.htm http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences They should help you. If you have some

Good evening, Agatha, let's try to sort it out. According to authoritative sources, modal verbs have abnormal time reference , which means that not only the present forms, but the past forms of the modals can be used to refer to present and

Hi, I have recently decided to start wrtting articles and I found myself unsure about grammar in my sentences. Below I have a sentence with one word highlighted in yellow. The thing that I am not sure about is about tense. Should it be in past