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Re: tense-hadn't

Yankee — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:50:35 GMT

Newguest wrote:
HI
HI !

IS IT REALLY A BIG MISTAKE TO PUT A COMMA AFTER "ALI?" It is a little mistake.

WHY CAN'T WE SAY "A BAD LUCK" The word 'luck' is uncountable. You cannot use 'a' with an uncountable noun. You can say something such as 'a bit of bad luck' or 'some bad luck', however.

I WROTE "TODAY" AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE CAUSE, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG, HE'S STILL ALIVE, THAT'S WHY I WROTE "HE WOULD SUFFER"

I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE MIXED CONDITIONALS. I WROTE "HE HADN'T BEEN A BOXER" BECAUSE HE'S NOT ONE ANY MORE, That doesn't change the fact that you have begun a Type III conditional. The unchangeable fact is that he was a boxer and therefore the condition ("wasn't/hadn't been a boxer") is impossible to fulfil -- whether or not he is still a boxer is basically irrelevant. AND "HE WOULD SUFFER" CAUSE HE'S STILL ALIVE. As I see it, the problem with "would suffer" in your sentence is that, even with the word 'today' added, it could be interpretted as a reference to only now and the future.

THANKS

By the way, typing in all CAPITAL letters is known as "shouting" and is often seen as UNFRIENDLY.

Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Yoong Liat — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:01:22 GMT

Goodman wrote:
Yoong Liat wrote:
Neeraj Jain wrote:

Hi Goodman,

I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble".

Goodman wrote:
Jain is saying that you should use 'trouble' , not 'troubles'.

Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your car?

get/run into trouble (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

Your troubles are your worries: Sit down and forget your troubles (OR problems) for a minute.
(also extracted from the above dictionary)

If you ~~face~~ run into troubles, call me.

I see nothing wrong with "troubles"

Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your car?

get/run into trouble (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

Based on the above extract from Longman Dictionary, I would say that it should 'trouble'. (uncountable noun)

Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Goodman — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:46:36 GMT

Yoong Liat wrote:
Neeraj Jain wrote:

Hi Goodman,

I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble".

Goodman wrote:
Jain is saying that you should use 'trouble' , not 'troubles'.

Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your car?

get/run into trouble (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

Your troubles are your worries: Sit down and forget your troubles (OR problems) for a minute.
(also extracted from the above dictionary)

If you ~~face~~ run into troubles, call me.

I see nothing wrong with "troubles"

Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Yoong Liat — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:35:21 GMT

Neeraj Jain wrote:
Hi Goodman,

I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble".

Goodman wrote: If you ~~face~~ run into troubles, call me.

Jain is saying that you should use 'trouble' , not 'troubles'.

Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your car?

get/run into trouble (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

Your troubles are your worries: Sit down and forget your troubles (OR problems) for a minute.
(also extracted from the above dictionary)

Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Goodman — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:33:03 GMT

Yoong Liat wrote:
Neeraj Jain wrote:

Hi Goodman,

I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble".

Hi Jain

I agree with you.

Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble /[troubless]with your car? Plural is also fine.

get/run into trouble

Your troubles are your worries: Sit down and forget your troubles (OR problems) for a minute.

(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

Hi Liat,

If I were to gather an impression of your comments, I am picking up some contradiction in your examples. You agreed with Jain in the opening but you also recited some examples in plural. Can you elaborate?

Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Yoong Liat — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:16:08 GMT

Neeraj Jain wrote:

Hi Goodman,

I guess that you cannot use "troubles". The right word is "trouble".

Hi Jain

I agree with you.

Trouble is usually an uncountable noun. Are you having trouble with your car?

get/run into trouble

Your troubles are your worries: Sit down and forget your troubles (OR problems) for a minute.

(Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)