Hi, teachers. Please help me when you are free. Michael Jackson would have celebrated his fifty-first birthday in August . (from VOAspecialEnglish) http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-06-26-voa9.cfm I think if-clause (if he were

Hi, teachers. Please help me when you are free. "If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Can I change had into have in the sentence above? If possible, will the sentence meaning change?

Thank you, both. By the way, "I wish my father had lived to see me now!" is the conditional type3 ? I'm wondering if the conditional type2 "I wish my father lived to see me now!" is better, because that sentence

Hi, teachers. Please help me when you are free. Is it possible to combine the perfect form with the subjunctive mood? For example, Is it possible to turn "The train has already left." or "The train had already left When

Hi, teachers. Please help me when you are free. Can "those" be removed from "I will contact those who e-mailed within this week" ?

Hi,teachers. Please help me when you are free. Can "does" be removed from "How time does fly!" If possible, why is "does" put? emphasis?

Hi, teachers. I wish you could help me when you are free. "He might have won the state had not James Birney received more than fifteen thousand votes in New York." This sentence is a part of an article of VOA Special English.

Dear teachers, Please help me when you are free. Is it possible to omit in from "February has 28 days except in leap years, when it has 29." ?

Dear teachers, Please help me when you are free. Which is close in meaning to "He was left to the care of his grandmother."? "He was left to take care of his grandmother." or "He was left to be taken care of by his

Dear teachers, Please help me when you are free. "The world-wide progress of countries toward independence is nowhere more evident than in Africa today." Is it possible to omit in from this sentence?