Rhetorical conditional clauses give the appearance of expressing an open condition, but like rhetorical questions, they actually make a strong assertion. In those if clauses, the semantical force of 'if' is weaker than the rhetorical force.

Kooyeen wrote: Grammar Geek wrote: Look for the "proficient speaker" check mark I actually look for answers from people I know I can trust... and they are all native speakers, by the way. Another one of your tactless remarks,

Somethig else: Svartvik is a native Swedish man who used to be a professor in the same university as that in which my younger sister is a student now (Lund, Sverige). He was the (co-)author of many authoritative English grammar books, like CGEL

Hi guys I know I should not interfere with other people's businesses, just like you should not discuss irrelevant matters in a grammar forum. Still I would like to have a say in the matter at hand, here. Liat wrote: A non-native speaker

delusion= irrationally held belief or opinion that is transparently ridiculous delusion without hallucination = held belief not based on optical illusions

MrPedantic wrote: I was probably the only normal b'stard in the whole place – and that isn't saying much. Q: Why isn't it "saying much", to say "I was probably the only normal b'stard in the whole place"? A: — What answer would

Zinedine' wife versus Materazzi's at a beauty contest: http://www.videoplayer.hu/videos/play/15 more ZZ: http://www.videoplayer.hu/videos/play/6098

Hello It is a more effective method. It is an effective method. what is the difference in meaning between the two sentences. Effective means producing the desired result. But what does more effective mean? Producing more the desired

hello Liat, Both safe and safely work. He arrived safe -- safe is a subject comlement He arrived safely -- safely, an adv, modifies arrived, Thanks, anyway

In general, crystallography yields the position of most atoms to within a few tenths of an Ångström, a resolution matched by few other methods. Hello I have two questions related to the above sentence: what does yields mean? what is