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Hi Fandorin You seem to be mixing things up. Angliholic's sentence is not an example of the idiomatic " to have got ", which means basically the same thing as "to have" or "to possess". In that idiom, it is not possible to change the word 'got' to...

Do is not used: 1. With be (except imperatives): Were you late? Is he walking now? But: Don't be a fool! 2. With the defective auxiliaries (can, could; will, would, shall, should; may, might, must; ought): Can he swim? Will they come as well? Would you have said that? 3. With have, has, had...

Dear Jim, I have a very big problem. I' m not sure if the following sentences are correct.. I know that the wish structure requires a simple past, usually were, had and modals such as could. But what happen if I need to use other verbs such as go, buy and so on; Is it possible to say I wish I...

I've posted this in another thread: would + base form of verb = simple conditional (would go) would + have + past participle = perfect conditional (would have gone) Both are usually seen in conditional sentences Types II and III. Type II: "If it started to rain now, I would stay at home." ...

We use "think" in the past simple or past perfect tense to indicate a belief that was previously held but that has been shown to be incorrect. For example: I didn't think she was going. (past simple) I had thought that she wasn't going. (past perfect) The exception is in converting from...