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Yes, Abo Hamza, you are correct. The answer is "had." If you want me to explain why the other choices are wrong, please ask.Read More...

Hi, Fujibei, I'm not sure why you're describing "would have [past participle]" as the "past perfect subjunctive." It doesn't even contain the past perfect, let alone the subjunctive. I suspect you're confusing "would have [past participle]" here with the use of that structure in type 3 (past counterfactual) conditionals, in which the past perfect is used in the "if"-clause. The meaning here is not counterfactual. "Would have [past participle]" is used to indicate that an inference is being...Read More...

Hi, Katze, Yes, your interpretation is correct. Here's another way you can paraphrase it: It must be the case that you have held the money continuously for (at least) 28 days. "Must" has deontic meaning here; it is not the epistemic use of "must," which you were already familiar with. The good news is that you understood the sentence even though you hadn't read about that use of must in a grammar book.Read More...

Thanks for the revision, Azz. In that case: (e) --> (1) as an afterthought, (3), and (4) as a very strained afterthought (f) --> (2)Read More...

Hello, Navi, In that context, only (1) is correct. I don't think I'd use (2) in any context. If reworded slightly, however, (2) could work in a context in which we knew that her husband was at the scene of the crime and wanted to say that he would need to be interrogated ASAP even if he hadn't been at the scene of the crime: 2a) Even if her husband hadn't been at the scene of the crime, you would still need to interrogate him as soon as possible.Read More...

Very good, Hussein. I agree with you completely. The (normal) past perfect is needed in that sentence . If, instead of a quantity of pages, a length of time were given, the past-perfect progressive would work: I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I had been writing for over an hour. The past-perfect progressive in Egyptian2017's example would suggest that speaker had NOT written 12 pages. The sentence may be compared to this: " I was exhausted. I had been running a marathon, but only made...Read More...

Hi, Yaniv, I think it is easier to analyze the use of the past perfect there as being analogous to the use of the present perfect in a future-oriented sentence like: By the time it has stopped raining, it will be too late to go to the beach. In each case, at the imagined time , both the statement "It has stopped raining" and the statement "It is too late to go to the beach" were or will be true. Thanks for providing the screenshot. The simple past is also an option in your example ("By the...Read More...

gene : a part of a cell in a living thing that controls what it looks like, how it grows, and how it develops. People get their genes from their parents.Read More...

Hi, Azz, To me, the infinitive forms a unit with the verb of liking, so in (b) and (d) it is clear that the speaker likes or hates to do those things him/herself. The gerund preceded by an adjective in (a) and (c) functions as a noun and creates a sense of detachment: the speaker likes or hates those activities, regardless of who carries them out. However, with other gerunds the speaker's involvement in the action may become more evident, as in: e. I like open water swimming. f. I hate open...Read More...

I understand, thank you so much Gustavo!Read More...

The simplest one, thus far, is the "Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary", pg 545, listing Fond as: "fond adj. 1 (foll. by of)...Read More...

Possibly the term you're looking for is 'test paper'. I have a test paper for the exam. It contains a few pages. ~ ~ ~ Example sentences below are from > https://eng.ichacha.net/zaoju/test%20paper.html The Entrance Test Paper will have 175 Objective Type Questions with Multiple Choice Answers. In exams, test papers are university entrance questions. ~ ~ ~ Definitions are from > https://www.thefreedictionary.com/test+paper test paper Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Legal ,...Read More...

Ahmed_btm (and to this day I still have no idea what "btm" means) wrote: My dear friend Ahmed, I believe you meant to write " whom we miss on this forum", and for what it's worth, the name is DocV, not DOCV. There still appear to be formatting issues that are beyond David's control, or mine. I apologize to you, sir, and to my dear friend David, and to Gustavo, and to certain other members. Tara certainly comes to mind. There are others. I say to you all, I beg your pardon. Some of you might...Read More...

It may have become popular from 1975 onward due to this song. Song: My Way or Hit the Highway Artist: Jill 'Baby' Love Label: Black Magic ‎– BM 116 Format: Vinyl , 7", 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1975 Youtube Video > My Way or Hit the Highway, by Jill 'Baby' Love > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shedRHSLNNM Youtube Video > My Way, by Limp Bizkit, uses this same phrase and this song was released in 2000 _* Note* Song has vastly different lyrics than the one above > ...Read More...

@Hussein Hassan , thanks a million.Read More...

Hi, Ansonman, Yes, all six sentences are perfectly correct. Moreover, the sentences your friends said sound wrong sound perfectly fine.Read More...

Hi, Ansonman, Both (1a) and (1b) are correct. You can add "he" after "life" or not. It's your choice. The sentence is correct either way. Sentence (1a) has one independent clause, and (1b) has two. Sentence (1a) is the following sentence with the "throughout"-phrase re-positioned: (1a') He was weak and suffered from many illnesses throughout his adult life. As you can see, "throughout his adult life" is adverbial modifying the verb phrase "suffered from many illnesses." It modifies that verb...Read More...

Hello, Hs12. Welcome to the Grammar Exchange and Happy Easter! Generally, "those" refers to things that come before. It would have been better to say, "Are these sentences correct?," because you are talking about sentences that you are about to mention. The example sentences you have written are very strange, but they are grammatically correct. What context do you have in mind for them? Here are more natural sentences: I have a friend whose car needs gas. I have a friend whose car is in need...Read More...

Hi, Gustavo, I see my folly now. Thanks a lot.Read More...

Thanks a lot David and GustavoRead More...

Hi, Azz, Sentence (a) can mean (2), (3), or (4). It is context that will make the difference. Sentence (b) can mean (1). For meaning (2), however, you could say: (2b) He played tennis just as his father did.Read More...

I agree that Swan's advice there provides no justification for using the present perfect in the answer to the quiz question you have presented. The speaker comments on the bruises. That something has happened which caused the bruises is part of the context. The speaker is wondering what happened .Read More...

Hello, Quangco123, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange! Phrasal verbs don't need to be mutually exclusive. In fact, some of them are similar in meaning and can be used in the same sentences. Let's compare some examples with "fall down" and "fall through" from the Corpus: - Technically he is excellent but you have noticed that he is falling down on the supervisory aspects of his job. - The attorney general is supposed to act only when the law enforcement is falling down or broken down in a...Read More...

Hello, HS12, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange! Your sentence: is totally ungrammatical. "than" needs to appear after the adjective in comparative degree. If you want to use a relative, you can choose one of these: - I have a friend whose English is not as good as my father's. - I have a friend who doesn't speak English as well as my father (does).Read More...