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versatile uses of modal verb "would"?

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:56:35 GMT

Hi,

How could a person use the modal "would" correctly? I think the uses of it can be said to be in the categories of "request", "invitation", "conditional" and others. What I have most trouble is the conditional use of the modal "would".

Would you say all these show the conditional use (with the if-clauses being absent, which could be derived from context explicitly or implicitly)?

It would be good to have a sister.
I would go for that idea.
It would take more than two years.

If I am right, what poses difficulty next is knowing whether the questions parts pose different categories than the answer parts.

Permission in question part:
Would you mind passing me the salt?
Conditional in answer part:
No, I would mind passing you the salt at all

If you have only the answer part, the obvious elliped part would be "if you asked me". Right?

Request in question part:
Would you pass the pepper please?
Conditioal in answer part:
Sure, I would pass the pepper to you.

If you have only the answer part, the obvious ellipted part would be "if you asked me." Right?

Re: a rainbow showed up outside

CalifJim — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:02:50 GMT

New2grammar
a rainbow showed up (What's a good verb here?) outside.

I'd have said appeared without outside. I generally use show up only for people who arrive at an appointed place.

-- Where's Jim?

-- Late as usual. He hasn't showed up yet.

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-- Who are you inviting to the party?

-- I'm just giving a general invitation to everyone in the office. We'll see who shows up.

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-- Kate's not here yet.

-- I know. She had another appointment, so she said to leave without her if she didn't show up by 2 o'clock.

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Re: Will you be coming...(request)

CalifJim — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:38:57 GMT

I don't see a great deal of difference between a request and an invitation -- none that could be communicated entirely by a modal verb, at least. The difference seems to lie in what you expect the addressee to do.

Request:

[Can/Could] you please come to my party tonight? I need someone to help me set up the sound system.

Invitation:

I'm having a party tonight, and [I'd / I would] like (to invite) you to come. I hope you can [come / make it].

Re: invite / invitation

Clive — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:01:58 GMT

Hi,

It used to be that the word âinviteâ was used as a verb while âinvitationâ was the noun. But now the word âinviteâ is often used as a noun as well, e.g. âWe will send you the invite to the show.â Is this correct? No, I'd call this regional slang.

Clive

invite / invitation

Vincent Teo — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:42:25 GMT

Re: bottom up

Yankee — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:34:45 GMT

Hi Hly2004

I would probably understand your first sentence to mean "I'm going to take a sip of my drink." Using "bottom up" as a verb would be a creative usage (i.e. not typical), but I do think I'd make the connection to the expression "Bottoms up".

However, since "Bottoms up" is normally an invitation for everyone to join you in drinking, your creative usage really wouldn't work very well in the context you give.

That's my take.

as he would the word of another??

Persona Grata — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:07:17 GMT

He(=Petronius) is a most literal glutton, while Gatsby stands at a curious distance from all he owns and displays, just as at times he seems to stand back from his own words and consider them appraisingly, as he would the word of another, just as he will display shirts he has never worn, books he has never read, and extend invitations to swim in the pool he has never used.

In The Great Gatsby...

hey~

you are so kind to read and try to answer my question.

anyway...

I can't understand how "as he would the word of another," is composed.

there is no verb. and Who is he?? Gatsby??

plz make me enlightened~

Re: Discussion essay (Law)

Clive — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:47:41 GMT

Hi,

I've made some suggestions. This was interesting, but I'm not a lawyer.

Best wishes, Clive

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A contract may be defined as an agreement between two or more parties that is intended to be legally binding. The essential elements of a contract are: offer, acceptance, consideration (not required for contracts under seal), intention to be bound, mutuality, capacity and legality. Graw (2002 p. 34)

In my opinion, the elements of offer, acceptance and intent to be bound ~~present the main issues to this case.~~ are the major ones, so the discussion, ~~essentially,~~ will focus on these ~~three elements.~~

An agreement consists of an offer and acceptance. At least two parties are required; one of them, the offerer, makes an offer which the other, the offeree, accepts. Moreover, there should be a strong promise or intent that will become binding on the offeror as soon as it is accepted by the offeree. Graw (2002 p. 25)

The words 'offeror, offeree' are not standard. Have you found that other people use them in this kind of discussion?

Wenâs promise to sell laptops to Jo

Wen mailed a letter to Jo clearly stating and outlining ~~the~~ terms and conditions ~~of his promise~~. So, there was a promise on Wenâs part.

To distinguish an offer from a mere supply of information, see: Harvey v Facey [1893] AC 552 Privy Council

For an invitation to treat: Pharmaceutical Society (GB) v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1952] 2 QB 795.

The decision was endorsed in Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394. Lord Parker (at 399):

âIt is perfectly clear that according to the ordinary law of contract the display of an article with a price on it in a shop window is merely an invitation to treat. It is in no sense an offer for sale, the acceptance of which constitutes a contract.â

Wenâs intention to honour his promise

It can be argued that Wenâs promise offering to sell the laptops to Jo was not necessarily legally binding at the time when Wen mailed his letter. However, because of the previous course of dealings between Jo and Wen, and because Wen facsimiled the verb 'fax' is widely accepted today a letter to Jo the following day to revoke his offer, and telephoned Jo on the 19th of March to confirm the cancellation of his offer, there was a presumption that the contract would be carried out as agreed.

I don't understand. Wen revoked and cancelled, yet there is a presumption the contract will be carried out? I guess I am missing the legal point here.

Australian Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1954) 92 CLR 424 High Court (at 457):

âwhat is alleged to be an offer should have been intended to give rise, on the doing of the act, to an obligation â¦ in the absence of such an intention, actual or imputed, the alleged âofferâ cannot lead to a contract: there, indeed, in such a case no true âofferâ.â

Communication of Wenâs offer

An offer must be communicated to the offeree before it can be accepted. Graw (2002, p. 48).

Wen mailed his offer to Jo responding to her enquiry. Jo ~~had~~ received and immediately replied to Wenâs letter. Thereâs no doubt ~~about~~ that Wenâs offer was properly communicated in this case.

An acceptance is a final and unqualified acceptance <<< so there is no other kind of acceptance, eg conditional? of the terms of an offer. To make a binding contract, the acceptance must exactly match the offer. The offeree or an authorised agent acting on the offeree's behalf must accept all the terms of the offer. Graw (2002, p. 67), Powell v Lee (1908) 99 LT 284 case.

Jo's acceptance

On March 19th Jo received Wenâs letter and immediately responded, agreeing to his offer herself. Hyde v Wrench (1840) 3 Beav 334

Furthermore, Jo agreed to all terms and conditions outlined in Wen's offer and communicated her acceptance via mail. In this case, the postal rule applies. The postal rule states that the acceptance will be complete as soon as the letter is properly posted. This rule was formulated in the Adams v Lindsell (1818) 1 B & Ald 681 case.

I think Jo acted within the guidelines of [...] when she responded to Wen's letter, effectively, accepting ~~Wen's~~ his offer.

Revocation of Wen's Offer

The revocation of an offer must take place before the offer is accepted by the party to whom the offer was intended. The withdrawal of the offer is ineffective until it arrives. Payne v Cave (1789) 3 TR 148; 100 ER 502 .

Just like an offer itself, a revocation of the offer must be properly communicated. The revocation can be communicated by various means. All that is required is that the offeree becomes aware of that the offer has been withdrawn. Graw (2002, p. 54),

Byrne & Co. v Leon Van Tienhoven & Co (1880) 5 CPD 344

Dickinson v Dodds (1876) 2 ChD 463

Henthorn v Fraser [1892] 2 Ch 27 (at 32)

Lord Hershell: â[a revocation] can be no more (?) effectual than the offer itself, unless brought to the mind of the person whom the offer is madeâ.

From the given facts we know Wen had facsimiled a letter to Jo revoking his offer before Jo received the letter and replied to it. Therefore, there was no offer at the time when Jo replied to Wenâs letter and hence, there was no acceptance.

It could ~~had been~~ be argued that Jo had no knowledge of Wenâs offer withdrawal. Due to the fault in her facsimile machine, the letter she received was unreadable.

I think it is reasonable to assume that most businesses operate fully functional appliances. In addition, facsimile was an acceptable means of communication between the two parties.

In my opinion, there was no contract between Wen and Jo in this case.

References

Graw, S 2002, An Introduction to the Law of Contract, Lawbook Co, Sydney

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Re: Research_aims

nona the brit — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:22:24 GMT

1 ok

2. To determine the frequency with which docotrs are invited to company sponsored programs by pharmaceutical representatives

3. to determine whether doctors accept or decline these invitations (much simpler structure, but if you want to keep the original form, do switch 'whether' for 'if' and copy the sturcture above)

4 access is not the right verb here. Do you mean assess? representatives' presentations.

Re: Wedding Invitations

Pioussoul — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:40:30 GMT

Marius Hancu wrote:
Pioussoul wrote:

I really wonder why the past tenses of joined and united are used here. For me, shouldn't they be present or future tenses?

Would some experts shed some light? I'm really confused and don't see the perspective of native speakers.

Those are not simple past forms. Those are adjectives derived from past participles.

Thanks, friends, for your reponses, but I don't really know whom to believe, you or Feebs in that both of you hold good reasons.

Yet, in terms of your reasoning, the base sentence should go like this:

[Two lives, two hearts,
which are joined together in friendship,
and united forever in love.]

Then, it's not a complete sentence because it's lack of a verb.

Therefore, is it possible that a wedding invitation do own poetic licence like a poem?

Please shed more light. Thanks.