Forum: English Questions 
May 19th, 2022, 03:07 am
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Views: 837  Re: If conditional
It's not a matter of grammatical correctness but of meaning.
The expression "If only" expresses a wish - ie that things could be different from reality. The thing wished for is hypothetical. So the...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 31st, 2022, 07:10 am
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Views: 1,044 Re: The future seen from the past
Alex - This reminded me that you'd already asked a question about "will" - you'll find it here and you'll see that my answer is very much in line with what I said above :...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 29th, 2022, 08:27 am
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Views: 1,044 Re: The future seen from the past
As I said. There is no such thing as future in the past as far as verbs are concerned. All English verbs which refer to time are either present or past. There are no future forms. Compare ;
1. Sorry...
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 28th, 2022, 08:03 am
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Views: 1,044 Re: The future seen from the past
Because of the difference in meaning.
WILL expresses two concepts:
1. Prediction - as in "She'll be working late" which expresses your prediction of the event
and
2. Volition - here your intention...
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Jan 27th, 2022, 07:27 am
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Views: 1,288 Are you taking Delta Module One this summer?
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 16th, 2022, 05:34 am
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Views: 890 Re: Grammatical advice
Two reasons - grammar and meaning.
Grammar
1. To contact someone (verb - contact + object) Eg: I didn't feel well so I contacted my doctor.
2. To have contact with someone ( verb have + object...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 14th, 2022, 09:01 am
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Views: 890 Re: Grammatical advice
Hi Alex,
a) Either verb form is fine here. As always, grammatical form you choose depends on how you perceive the event.
In the interview, you should wear an informal suit... means that you see it...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 3rd, 2021, 02:42 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,289 Re: Challenges faced in teaching reading
I'm afraid that there's no one simple solution here as the children are of different ages (and therefore at different stages cognitively) and are mixed ability in terms of language proficiency. In...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 2nd, 2021, 09:09 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,289 Re: Challenges faced in teaching reading
Sorry - I misread your message as "I've updated my profile" rather than "my post" - which is why I couldn't find anything. Don't have time now I'm afraid, but will get back to you.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 29th, 2021, 05:11 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,289 Re: Challenges faced in teaching reading
Sorry - I've checked but can't see anything. I suppose it would be in the box "Additional information" but it just says "N/A" which I presume means "not available".
In the meantime I've thought of...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 28th, 2021, 03:40 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,289 Re: Challenges faced in teaching reading
Are you working with children whose first language is English (or who are already bilingual) or with children with a different first language and low English proficiency? If so, what are their first...
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Apr 2nd, 2021, 10:07 am
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Views: 732 Free mini-webinars April - Exam Tips for Delta M1
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Mar 24th, 2021, 03:44 am
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Forum: English Questions
Mar 8th, 2021, 11:15 am
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 22nd, 2021, 07:01 am
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Views: 1,162 Re: The noun before a relative pronoun
It's really closer to a non-defining clause, as it really just adds information. That's why I think that sounds a bit odd here - notice I've used which. It's a grey area. Again the problem is the...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 18th, 2021, 04:57 am
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Views: 1,162 Re: The noun before a relative pronoun
First of all, remember what I've said again and again. It's not a matter of rules but of meaning/context. Trying to combine the propositions (ideas) without knowing the context makes no sense. So for...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 14th, 2021, 04:51 am
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 13th, 2021, 06:57 am
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Views: 947 Re: Present per./ present per. cont.
The problem lies in the first sentence which should be We are film producers - it's a compound noun with the first noun acting adjectivally, so it can't be plural.
First of all :
One use of the...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 12th, 2021, 06:12 am
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Views: 1,355 Re: Relative Clauses
Either it was an activity specifically on creating defining relative clauses, where you were told to embed the first proposition into the second (which doesn't mean it can't be done differently,...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 11th, 2021, 04:18 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,355 Re: Relative Clauses
You're mixing up sentences and clauses. Each of your examples is of two sentences- each composed of a main clause, which are then combined into one sentence which has a main clause and a subordinate...
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Forum: English Questions
Feb 8th, 2021, 07:50 am
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Views: 880 Re: Used to
No problems at all from the grammatical point of view. "Yesterday" is not the time of the habitual /permanent event but of the one that stopped it. As always, however, it depends what meaning you...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 29th, 2021, 05:03 am
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Views: 898 Re: Future tenses
First of all, these aren't tenses - tense involves morphological marking of the verb - eg addition of 3rd person -s of past -ed - and English only has two - past and present. So both of these verb...
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Forum: English Questions
Dec 31st, 2020, 03:19 am
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Views: 1,127 Re: Past s. & past c.
How about...
I didn't get good grades while I was taking the course (so in the end I gave up)
I didn't see the car coming while I was crossing the road (but luckily it stopped in time)
When I was...
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Nov 17th, 2020, 04:20 am
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Views: 1,031 Black Friday Offer for our Delta Courses
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Nov 13th, 2020, 10:40 am
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