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Using 'will' vs. 'would' in this sentence
I'd like to know which one of the following is correct:
I would like to have a job which I will like and which will earn me a lot of money.
I would like to have a job which I would like and ...
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is + past participle
What would be the correct name for the following formula: is + past participle. Would this be the present perfect?
An example sentence would be- The meat is stored in the freezer.
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Is “he should be seventeen” correct?
Is the following sentence correct to describe a young man?
He should be seventeen.
My colleague was absolutely sure it was correct. I disagreed, so we had a bit of an argument. I would agree on ...
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“He was so desperate that he would have given anything” vs. “that he did give anything”
A: I heard he promised to buy her anything she wants.
B: Right. He was so desperate that he would have given anything to win her over.
In sentence B, instead of "would have given," is "did ...
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Is “attempt” a durative or a punctual verb?
I think it’s punctual because an attempt in my view is a specific action and not a process, but I’d appreciate your thoughts on it.
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How many tenses are there in English?
Do we have 16 tenses in English?
With
future
present
past
future in the past
in these forms
simple
continuous
perfect
perfect continuous
Can we manipulate these together to create English ...
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Whose tense is it, anyway?
I have questions which perhaps should be posted to Linguistics.SE; but since my primary concern is to discover what terminology in discussing English grammar and usage on ELU (and in similar ...
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Please, don't - I'm not
“Please, don't mock me.”
“Oh, no, I don't! I’m not! I'm completely serious about that.”
This is a correction I received from a proofreader of my story.
How does that work? What happens here so ...
