In Past simple^x, Conditionals^x

In formal writing pepole use past simple tense.But i have seen many times books and other articles includes sentenceswhich have been made of "would"...I know that "would" is used in conditional clauses.Where as i realy want to know what are the situations where i can use...

Hi,This is part of what Roger Woodham said when responding to a question. This is from BBC Learning English about mixed conditionals. Roger Woodham said this in her response to a question:mixed second / third conditional The other possibility, though I think this is less common, is when we have...

Marius, I feel kinda scared writing another reply to you... If you are angry at me, just feel free to ignore me! «If this house had been white I'd have bought it. Past time.» Yep, this is the standard type 3, used in a past context. But there exist mixed conditionals. Here's a...

Hi Giuseppe, and welcome!The structure you're referring to is called "inversion."Your examples fall into a singular category (that of negative/restrictive expression) which includes other expressions, such as barely, scarcely, hardly, seldom, little, never, under no circumstances,...

Devrim55 wrote:If we ...........ready for the YDS exam decently, we .........at least two and a half hours a day for reading questions. a)were to get / should have spared b)got / would have spared c)are to get / had spared d)have gotten / would spare e)have to get / must have spared thanks...

Newbie2007 wrote: Quangtn03 wrote: Hi newbie."I wish you will have..." is a true conditional sentence. I think this is a letter so the writer have a wish for his friend.The latter is "I wish you will be happy", not "I wish be happy". He write for friend not for himself. Are you ok? Tell me what...

<<Do we have to use the definite article "the" for each tense or not? >> To be very strict about it, yes, but we frequently write telegraphically and leave out the the, especially on this site, where we use the names of the tenses so often. <<1.In the use of the Present...

There are twelve tenses in English grammar. Do we have to use the definite article "the"for each tense or not? Can you give me some explanations,please?In the below examples, Do we have to use "the" or not?1.In the use of the Present Simple.2.The Present Perfect Tense or Present Perfect...

As to the second set of examples: 1) "That was the best salary I could have had at the time." I read it as a past conditional a conditional, but I have to say, the more I read it, the more I find it wrong and the more I think Koyeen is right! (sorry, I read too fast the first time) 2) "That was...

Liveinjapan wrote:Can I rewrite this to: If the sun rose in the west, I would give you a billion dollars. Someone says I couldn't because that couldn't happen perfectly(Possibility is 0 %).In that case past simple doesn't work. But I don't think that explains well. My understanding is 'Yes It...