Grammar
The Conditional Mood is used to the principal clauses of complex sentences expressing unreal condition.
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- The Participle As The Part Of A Complex Object Or A Complex Subject
Similar to the Infinitive Participle I may form part of a Complex Object or Subject when combined with a noun (pronoun) to which it stands in predicate relation. Compare: I saw him run along the street. (Infinitive Complex Object) – He was seen run...
- Infinitive Complex Subject
Complex Subject Noun/Pronoun + Predicate + InfinitiveThe combination of a noun in the common case (or a pronoun in the nominative case) and an infinitive forms a complex subject (1). The predicate which is usually expressed by a verb in the passive voice ...
- Zero Conditional - There's More To It Than Water Boiling At 100°c
This is intended to be one of several posts where I take a look at conditionals from a rather different angle. Zero Conditional rarely gets more than a couple of lines in course books; I'm going to look at in rather more detail, and hopefully...
- Random Quiz - Conditionals
Multifunctional quiz based on a 'bank' of more than 100 conditional sentences. View by conditional type or combination. Or just go for a random selection. You can choose which types of conditionals to try: All One...
- Random Thoughts On The Subjunctive
I once came across an article at UsingEnglish.com, wondering why we bother to teach inversion. You can speak perfectly good English without ever using it, and it seems to give students a lot of headaches. But the certificate examination boards insist...
Grammar
Conditional Sentences
The Conditional Mood is used to the principal clauses of complex sentences expressing unreal condition.
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- The Participle As The Part Of A Complex Object Or A Complex Subject
Similar to the Infinitive Participle I may form part of a Complex Object or Subject when combined with a noun (pronoun) to which it stands in predicate relation. Compare: I saw him run along the street. (Infinitive Complex Object) – He was seen run...
- Infinitive Complex Subject
Complex Subject Noun/Pronoun + Predicate + InfinitiveThe combination of a noun in the common case (or a pronoun in the nominative case) and an infinitive forms a complex subject (1). The predicate which is usually expressed by a verb in the passive voice ...
- Zero Conditional - There's More To It Than Water Boiling At 100°c
This is intended to be one of several posts where I take a look at conditionals from a rather different angle. Zero Conditional rarely gets more than a couple of lines in course books; I'm going to look at in rather more detail, and hopefully...
- Random Quiz - Conditionals
Multifunctional quiz based on a 'bank' of more than 100 conditional sentences. View by conditional type or combination. Or just go for a random selection. You can choose which types of conditionals to try: All One...
- Random Thoughts On The Subjunctive
I once came across an article at UsingEnglish.com, wondering why we bother to teach inversion. You can speak perfectly good English without ever using it, and it seems to give students a lot of headaches. But the certificate examination boards insist...