Hi Philip! Thanks for your reply! I know that future is not needed in my example sentence, but I'd like to know if that construction if possible or grammatical, however unnecessary it may be. I mean, if this sentence were spoken or written on a

Hi people! I was wondering whether the use of "will + infinitive" after "if" in a conditional clause was correct or not. Let me give you an example: A man is seeking advice on how to behave in a foreign country (say, Greece) from one of his

Would anyone be so kind to tell me at least if my assumptions are correct? Thanks a lot! Mara.

Thanks Clive! So, in the context I want to use it (the sentence I wrote in my first post) both are possible, right? Another question: some of the people who advised me against the use of "get offended" argued that "get" shouldn't be followed by

Hi people! First of all, let me give you some examples: Context: After a party, a woman is chatting with a friend about the party she went to the previous day: "I have met vary many people at the party." Then, she goes on to tell her

Hi everybody! Thesaurus gives these four meanings for the word "rather": Adv. 1. rather - on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or

Hi Paco! I don't think "put up" has the same meaning as "put up with" = TOLERATE, in this sentence: " I have put my complaint up again, for to my foes my bill (= broad-bladed sword) I dare not show." I interpreat "put up" here as "I have

Thanks for the quick reply, Paco! I'd like to ask you some more questions: 1. What do you think about my first question in my previous post? Is that rephrasing also possible? 2. As you know well, <so that> can mean both PURPOSE and

Wow Paco! That was a thorough explanation! Congratulations and thanks! My added comments will be in red. Conjunctive that (1) Nominal that-clause as the object of a verb When conjunctive that-clauses are used as the object of a 'soft' verb