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Hachi8 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
the subjective mood & the indicative mood
Which you think the sentence below is of the subjective mood or the indicative mood?
”If you practice English everyday, you would be able to speak it like a native speaker does.”
”If you practice English everyday, you would be able to speak it like a native speaker does.”
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The sentence has a couple of mistakes. This sentence is in the indicative mood: If you practice English every day , you will be able to speak it like a native speaker. The does at the end is not needed.
- The sentence has a couple of mistakes.
- This sentence is in the indicative mood: If you practice English every day , you will be able to speak it like a native speaker.
- The does at the end is not needed.
- Practise is the British spelling of the verb.
- CB
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The sentence has a couple of mistakes. This sentence is in the indicative mood: If you practice English every day, you will be able to speak it like a native speaker.
The does at the end is not needed. Practise is the British spelling of the verb.
CB
The does at the end is not needed. Practise is the British spelling of the verb.
CB
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Thank you for your reply and correction, Cool Breeze!!
I'm wondering why I shouldn't say "you would be able to ~." ?
I thought that you could use "would" if you are not sure of a thing in the future.
I'm wondering why I shouldn't say "you would be able to ~." ?
I thought that you could use "would" if you are not sure of a thing in the future.
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hachi8I'm wondering why I shouldn't say "you would be able to ~." ? I thought that you could use "would" if you are not sure of a thing in the future.You're thinking of a second level conditional sentence. If you practiced English every day, you would learn it. The subjunctive mood is used to denote 'contrary to fact'. If I w
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When you want to indicate your opinion with "zero condotional", can the sentence,"If you practice English everyday, you would be able to speak it like a native speaker.", be right?
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The subjunctive mood is used in some of the conditional constructs:
Read this series on the conditionals: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_1.htm
"If you practice English every day, you will be able to spea
Read this series on the conditionals: https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_1.htm
"If you practice English every day, you will be able to spea
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