I don't know if this collocation is used in ESL/EFL locations other than Japan, but in Japan, it's really common. It's very likely a construction that was put in a textbook at one time and like so many other mistaken phrases, was believed to be

Clive wrote: 2. You know how I didn't have my schedule? I had to come to this fitness center so early today to figure out my schedule. "didn't" means you didn't have it in the past but now, at the time of speaking, you do have it. Best

infinity wrote: I don't know when it was, but the example of connecting a verb and proverb was discussed here in this forum. Some said, "Do you know if she is around and going to the meeting?" was ungrammatical, and the other said it might have

' is for the professional use only. I think 'should' implies strong conviction of one's logic. (b)RanchHand ...
. (b)RanchHand: It's not so much a question of right, Taka, it more a question of understanding

Paco wrote: If you restrict your search domain to ".edu", the result would be like this: "If I were you" 12,000 "If I was you" 689. I think people come here to learn the variety of English spoken by educated people.

Thank you Jim. Succinctly put.

"You may sometimes hear "was" used, since the subjunctive is relatively uncommon in English ..." :s Googled: Results 1 - 10 of about 5,060,000 English pages for "if I were". "... and people sometimes forget to use it, ... ." :s

I went to a restaurant and a cafe. Is it possible to use the second article A? I mean,"i went to a restaurant and A cafe" ================= Absolutely!

Since a tag is simply asking for an affirmation of what one already believes, either positively or negatively, tags with such a low degree of certainty are uncommon. If your feeling is marked by such unsureness, then the tendency wouldn't be to

Which is grammatically correct and why: I wish I were there. OR I wish I was there. ================= Both are grammatically correct because in modern English, the only thing needed to express a counterfactual situation is a