Hello everyone, Graham I'm not a native speaker but I've flipped through many grammars and I can help you with the terminology used in grammars for such constructions as in the sentences you've posted : "Having finished his

Thank you for  your answer Mr.Micawber.  Would you briefly comment on the usage of the third option "so that it be ready" I've found used without time constraints (i.e by the time). Is it the subjunctive mood and is this more formal

Hello everyone, Here I'd like to ask about the following sentence using "so that" (which is by the way a troublesome conjunction for me).The sentence is given in Swan's grammar and I don't understand why " will be "

Hello CalifJim, Sorry, I think your previous answer referred to all other options I've repeated in my last post, in the combination with "would be better". In the way I understand it, that combination is very common in my language

Hello CalifJim, Thank you very much for the clear answer. I think I've got it right. Please would you briefly comment on the options from the first post without regard to "should", if they are correct and roughly tell the same :

Hello CalifJim, Thank you for your answer. I think I'm kind of specialized in asking meaningless questions :) The sense I sought to find in that sentence with "should" is similar to the meaning of "should"( I understand it

Hello everybody, I need help with the interpretation of the following sentence : "It should be better for you if you finished part of your work in these few days so you're not rushing in the days before the holidays" Can the above

Hello CalifJim, Thank you for the answer. I'm sorry if my examples didn't have any nuance. Sometimes I try to guess the meaning or the nuance in the meaning exactly like a blind man would fumble for things around. That is how I feel in

Hello CalifJim, Thank you again for the help. I understand your point about the changing the verb. I was trying to compare the sense of the three sentences, thinking that they might have only a slight nuance of difference between them. I thought

Hello everyone, Very helpful thread and I have a question on this subject for CalifJim. When the present perfect is used to denote "current relevance", is it true that the sense of "immediacy" or " newness" is needed