Another English proverb on that line: Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house Meaning: we judge other people's mistakes more severely than ours

" If you had not found your passport, you would have been staying in the UK while we ( are / were / would be) playing in France. This kind of pattern is tricky, present continuous could be possible. I can't think of a context where

Sure, tenses are fine, it was urgent, no? The pattern is perfect. There you were to pick up the article. Good for the forum... :)

I agree with the first one, it sounds statistical and cold, detached. The second one sounds somehow emphasizing duration for some reason, whatever it is.

I made this post about 2 and half years ago; to my surprise, people are still replying to it. Thanks anyway. I find that usage distribution will vs. going to is rather notional and defies a systematic approach. You can see that in the wide

http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticipleClausesWordOrder/bbmwg/post.htm In this thread you will find that sentences that look very similar to your example are described as participle clauses. However, I may be wrong, for sure, we are

Use of Participle Clauses If a clause is shortened using a participle construction, the clause is called participle clause. Example: Watching TV , she forgot everything around her. In English, participle clauses are mainly used in writing in order

Excuse me, if I may To my humble opinion, they are not adverbial clauses but consequence subordinate clauses with a participle. Shifting blanket from noun to verb is a pretty clean case of conversion that does not affect the meaning. It should be

a) I have studied would as a modal verb. So I don't find any sense in this line without a main verb following 'would'. I think it might mean 'I wish' (I wish my tongue could...), but I'm not sure. I think that line is