some sites say the difference between the 1st and 2nd conditional is that of likelihood, and others say it is that of tense. ... it can be both, or it can be either. Both or either. Yes. There are many cases of blends of meaning. what surely

(B) if the intended meaning is that he made a suggestion (directive) like, "You should buy a car." (A) can be correct when "I bought a car" is a past tense statement, not a directive; i.e., when he said, "You bought a

Why should we use 'would' ,'could' in the subjunctive mood and in the future tense? It's very confusing. Please make it simple and help me understand. for example, - I'd love to do it. - We could, we

Hi, Thank you very much for your answer Cj. I am from Galicia where we normally use the subjunctive even more than regular Spaniards... so you can imagine Going back to my example, The Google Test tells me that the Subjunctive form is the

From the book, I learned that there are 5 If ... Then patterns. 1. If present, then present 2. If present, then can/may 3. If present, then future 4. If hypothetical subjunctive, then conditional If pete ATE pizza tomorrow, THEN he WOULD

Hello, I told/said to him to stay in the Holiday Inn. Now, it's ok. I suggested(recommended) he stay/stayed/should stay in the Holiday Inn. Other words you proposed are not used in such forms and obey to common structures in english grammar.

Not all of them. Suggest is used only with that-clause or ing-clause. Hello, is there any problem in sentences below? I suggested the Holiday Inn to him OK. I suggested him the Holiday Inn. It's wrong,. I told/said to him to stay in the

Hi "you can't expect it to last forever" how is it called in English grammar? I m working on difference between subjunctive usage and catenative verbs usage I have several grammar book however I never saw any title of catenative

Yet if she could have seen me there, she would have been a little puzzled. What verb form is "could have seen" in this sentence? Personally, I would just call it a "modal perfect" (with could ). I use that term for any modal

Thank you! Please answer one more question: I have found the following sentence in an English grammar textbook. Yet if she could have seen me there, she would have been a little puzzled. What verb form is "could have seen" in this