By Speak english, Present tenses

Cool Breeze wrote:Hi Belly1. 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 short time and therefore I...

Hi Belly1. 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 short time and therefore I would prefer the...

Learn commonly used phrases thoroughly -- phrases of three to six words. Practice the pronunciation over and over until the whole phrase becomes automatic. Without constant repetition you can't ever become fluent. If the phrase is long or difficult, learn the end of the phrase first. ...

Hi AnonWhat you've posted is the first half a sentence. The sentence will probably continue with the words 'but also':"... but she also enjoys ..."And that would mean that it is not just talking about her kids that she enjoys -- she enjoys something else too.In addition, when a sentence begins...

"Since my school days, I have always hoped that I could speak English." -- this sounds fine to me too, Paco. It doesn't seem to be wrong, just rare. Overall, it is a mystery to me, but I have a feeling that the concept of 'hoping' is often connected with-- obviously-- 'a hope', that is, a...

Hello This is a garbage-like posting written by a poor English learner who has been and still now is agonized by subjunctive things which supposedly underlie English collocations. My way of understanding English grammar The English language uses two moods (indicative/subjunctive) and two...

Thank you JTT, for your replya and your special advice on the English system we have. I am not a native speaker so I have been trying quite hard just to learn how English speaker think when they try to communicate with a Laguage full with rules. Sometimes I just don't get it that in such a short...

I don't really understand the question either... Konstantin, you're referring to the Conditional with your German example. Indirect speech in German works differently as the Conjunctive has to be used in formal German, which however, can be replaced by the Conditional (would+infinitive). In...