"He walked as fast as the undergrowth and snowdrifts would allow " What is the justification for the conditional in the second half of the sentence? Tough question. In some ways, it is not really a conditional, but an expression of

I have doubts about which verb tense should I I should use in these situations: ... Why should I use the -ing form in the first case and the infinitive in the second case? By doing so, you are merely following the usual conventions of English. It

why the comma disappears Because you're only joining two components. The same thing would happen in the main clause: The wind buffeted their bodies and lashed their legs. (No comma.) And the comma would reappear if there were three

Put simply, must I mention an object even while using the transitive verb as a gerund? If it is transitive only , then it has to have an object regardless whether it is the main verb or a gerund. You don't say: Mary recognized. Therefore, you

"I haven't seen her." "I didn't see her." Does it matter whether "have" or "did" is used? Are they interchangeable in this sense or is there a slight difference? As explained above, there is a

1 Form the plural. 2 Add an apostrophe. 3 If the ending is now s', stop. 4 Otherwise add s. boy 1 boys 2 boys' 3 STOP Answer: boys' person 1 people 2 people' 3 No s'. 4 people's Answer: people's child 1 children 2

Hi. Would you say the underlined verb is (denotes?) conditional in the past? The place he was in would have had at least 4 rooms that could accommodate two adults each. Yes. That's a reasonable analysis as a way of describing the verb

So in your view "Primal Religion of the Spirit" would be a better wording than the 1st one I suggested? Or maybe "Primal Religion and its Spirit"? No, and no. I'm sorry to say that I don't see another way to express it

Do these two have same meaning? I would say so. evaluate and assess have nearly the same meaning. CJ

Did the characted character die in the first movie and come back in the second one? There is not enough information given in your quotation to determine the answer to that question. I am not familiar with the movies. In fact, only one is even