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Hi FandorinYou 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 when they are...

1. I wonder who is making / was making that dreadful row. - are both versions possible? Yes. If you are talking about the noise going on now, use "is" but if you are talking about that noise you hear last night, for example, use "was." 2. After he had eaten an enormous dinner, he fell asleep...

Hi MagdaI'd say both your sentences are correct. There is a tendency in American English to use the past tense with always and never, but the perfect tense is of course also right. (I do realize that in your example the past perfect is used.)Examples:I always wanted to see him in person. / I have...

CalifJim wrote:Well, those R's are just lovely. Don't even think of getting rid of them! And, for what it's worth at the end of your discussion, I'd have said, by the way, with a smile: Yes, I saw the sign! CJ I reckon American English might get me into some dodgy situation in...

What do you think about patterns with both clauses in simple past? They are among the most useful, I think, and they sound quite natural. See previous post. No. had already is common in that context, but just already is also fine in American English. Personally, I would have chosen had...

3/ What's the difference between : I would like to see it VS I should like to see it. In American English, you do not use "I should" to mean "I would like to," which translates roughly into "Please, may I see it." I'm sure you can construct a situation in which you'd say "I should like to see...

That's correct, Abbie. The past participles are 'gotten' and 'forgotten' in AmE. Nevertheless, the idiom "have got" to mean simply "have" takes "got", not "gotten". I have (got) a computer on my desk just now. I am using it to respond to this question. I have gotten/bought a computer this...

"in future" for British English. "in the future" for American English. 1. Correct. 2. Wrong. "... what you would like to do ..." is the correct form. The question part (requiring inversion of "you have" to "have you") is correct. That's the main clause. The second clause is subordinate, so...

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...