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You see, if it's it were me, i I would say " tell Tell me about a time when you had to work under pressure." That would be OK, too. This is a relative clause modifying time . Just about any tense is fine. Tell me about a time you
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califjim
273 days ago
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Thanks all for your answers. So theese sentences are non standard, but this usage, anyawy exsists. Is it possible that an English (British or American) native speaker says "If I would..."? Maybe the examples I found on the net are
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l'intronato <@h.it>
3 yr 100 days ago
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Why, oh why do people make references to old TV shows in their scripts? For example, "Final Destination" had a line about Quincy in it. I think there was a reference to an old TV show in the movie "The Fog." Even on the radio
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The reason why English is considered world language is because English speaking people made significant contributions to all fields.I am a student in a university in the US and I can say from what I have observed in the US.There are thousands of
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political observer
5 yr 133 days ago
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"There was a list of 14 names in the marketplace," including that of his brother, Thayer said. "But later, it was refuted publicly. I guess someone did not listen." I don't see how you can refute a list. You ... list. But
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The topic to look up in a reference guide would be "indirect questions." I looked, and all I could find is stuff about when to use question marks. Nothing about the fine disctinctions in word order when either order means the same thing.
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gerald smyth
5 yr 214 days ago
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Not that I don't believe that, but where can one check these kind of things? They seemed equivalent to me. The topic to look up in a reference guide would be "indirect questions." I looked, and all I could find is stuff about when to
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skitt
5 yr 215 days ago
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Degrees of formality, gang. I would expect to hear the ... I would expect to encounter the second in either context. Not that I don't believe that, but where can one check these kind of things? They seemed equivalent to me. The topic to look
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Tony, Have you "lost track" of my questions in the post you were replying to while you were replying lol? So, when you tell me that I can determine the ... an apostrophe "s".) and expecting that I care that much. Previously you
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tony cooper
5 yr 228 days ago
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Tony, Have you "lost track" of my questions in the post you were replying to while you were replying lol? So, when you tell me that I can determine the nature of points "B" and "C" by going back and ... earlier, you
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patrick
5 yr 228 days ago
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