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Would it be a correct grammar if I used "would have been" instead of "would" in the second sentence or I'm required to use "by now " instead of "now" in the second sentence : "If I had done it a year ago I would be rich now." "If I had...

most heavily last week (adverb modifies verb). (A): I misunderstood it as (adjective modifies noun). The second set you wrote: (B): Heavier and heaviest are adjectives: My brother is heavier than me/I. He is the heaviest man I know (adjective modifies noun). (B): I misunderstood it as ...

most heavily last week. Heavier and heaviest are adjectives: My brother is heavier than me/I. He is the heaviest man I know. CB

Hi everyone I just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far: Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived...

Check out this link: http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/page/adverbs_of_frequency_position From a communicative standpoint, if you use either order, many native speakers probably wouldn't notice the switch, and the meaning would be the same unless you used inflection to emphasize the...

This looks a lot like homework to me, Civic. Why don't you Google some of these terms?-- inflection, adverb, affix, compound noun .

Consider the following passage an answer the questions that follow: Whether we eat at his place or mine, Ryan usually prepares the meal. Tonight I'd volunteered. I cook well, but not instinctively. I need recipes. Arriving home at six, I spent a few minutes recapping my day for Birdie, then...

Hi Kooyeen "Don't put an adverb between a verb and its object" is a good rule even though there are exceptions to it. Since inflections have practically disappeared from English over time, it is customary to place the object after the verb to facilitate communication. However, if the object is...

Hi Incho I agree with the previous posters completely; I would just like to elaborate a little from a non-native speaker's standpoint to a non-native speaker. We're both foreigners, right? Since there are hardly any inflections in English, the word order is very rigid and certain phrases and...

Owing to the fact that there are so few inflections in English, the few inflected forms that there are are used in a number of ways. An ing- form, for example, can be 1. a present participle: a walking man 2. a noun: the beginning as easy 3. an adjective: I was willing to learn it 4. a...