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Re: Conditional:Auxiliary Commentary Words?

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:21:32 GMT

Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?

You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples:
I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the 'would's are incorrect:

I have hard time finding out how to pluralize words like"'would" or 'how are you?"You seemed to have attach an 's' after putting the word "would" in the quotation marks. Is it how it should be done? How about this?

I think they are unaffected, but I think also that the "would's" are incorrect:

How about these?

I think that the '"do's and don'ts" are inappropriate to the situation.
I think that the "good morinng's" are inappropriate.
I think his "how are you's" are inappropriate. -- this seems to be a difficult one since I feel "how are you" should have a question mark at the end and it is difficult to know what to do with the mark.

Re: Ask Doomsday

Hemavich — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:48:59 GMT

Hi Doomsday ... the first question with a big question mark is how u doing, man ?

ha ha ha ... because u r a new member.

Is there a fifth case of the "conditional if " called the "mixed " ???

we know the zero conditional and the other three cases.

I wish u enjoy your time in this forum.

Conditional sentence in a past tense with generalized subject

souroin — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:34:48 GMT

Hello everyone,

In working with my own people, still I am not an exception allowing myself to judge what is right or what is not right in English grammar and idiomatic expression, I felt this sentence bit awkward or strange - but it's rather my perception wrong?

The sentence reads:
When a study subject developed an adverse event, the investigator took appropriate and necessary measures to for the subject of the concerned AE...

My question mark hangs over "when 'a' study patient 'developed' 'an' adverse event. Do you say like this? Yet, I can't think of another expression to describe the past case in a nonspecific object in conditional sentense. Knowing the intention of this general guideline, I still can't let it go over my head, wondering why it can be written in generalized manner. I find 'if' would do bit more natural (I am not a native though). If the given sentence will apply to a future case, it sounds (perfectly?) alright to me, saying like when a patient develops an adverse event, the investigator will institute...
Does 'In any events of adverse events in patients, the investigator insituted...' sound more awkward?

Anybody read this, thank you for your time stopping by and reading through my lengthy message.

Regards,
Souroin

Re: With or without the 's'?

Guest — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:02:34 GMT

This is the original poster, walansari@hotmail.com. Thank you all for responding.
Yes, 4 should not have had a question mark. But you all lost track of my original question. And I think I figured this one out. But before I congratulate myself on genius, please tell me this makes sense.
The problem is
1-Should he remember his country, he cries.
2-If he remembers his country, he cries.
3-Whenever he remembers his country, he cries.
These all mean the same thing. Namely, that they all mean âevery timeâ.
So, to combine âevery timeâ in one of the sentences above confuses the sense of the sentence; unless a comma is added.
Whenever he remembers his country, he cries, every time.
This much is easy to figure out. The problem arose from the fact that âShouldâ has two senses: the conditional and the interrogative.
If you say,
Should this happen every time (an interrogative)
Should this happen (more likely a conditional).
Should every time this happen(s) (confused: this much was clear to your native ears, but not mine).
I think the rest is now clear. And again, thank you all.