Hello, MIcawber. I need more explanation. 1. To hear her speak English, you would think she was American. I think "was" is used because this sentence is a subjunctive mood. This sentence means "She is not American. But she speaks

Hi, There is a passage in my English textbook. In this passage there are two sentences with the simple present tense, in which I think the simple past tense should be used, and they are the following: 1. “there is always a toast” 2.

There is a passage in my English textbook. In this passage there are two sentences with the simple present tense, in which I think the simple past tense should be used, and they are the following: 1. “there is always a toast” 2. “Many

Hi, Which is correct? Jay would have done better at the contest had he able to speak English. Jay would have done better at the contest had he been able to speak English. Jay would have done better at the contest if he were able to

anybody can help me or give me materials so i will improve my spoken because i am facing more while talking with seniors, friends and so on. i am unable to express properly way. even speaking english unable to use tense on properly way.. so

Hi Manisha, When we would like to relate a failure in the past to an ongoing activity that is still considered unfulfilled today, we can use a mixed conditional statement in which one relates a present unreal condition (i.e. verb in the simple

<<<<Such concepts as tense, gerund, participle, clause (and classification thereof) are wihtout a slightest doubt useful and sometimes even essential to the learning of English (at least, this is so for me). <<<Furthermore, I

Thanks for that long and interesting post, Velimir! «Let me be allowed to advise you not to fall for that kind of reasoning.I mean "Look at me,I'm a miracle,I speak english gorgeuously and I don't have to learn grammar",that kind of

Cool Breeze wrote: Hi Belly 1. Uninterrupted is adjectival in character and meaning. It refers to the state of things. No outsider interrupted him while he was doing his work. 2. I would say: When she arrives there next week, I'll write to her.

Hi Belly 1. Uninterrupted is adjectival in character and meaning. It refers to the state of things. No outsider interrupted him while he was doing his work. 2. I would say: When she arrives there next week, I'll write to her. Arriving only takes a