Comments on: Changing the mood of a sentence (modals) http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Clarehttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-56631 Clare Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:35:05 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-56631 Yes, when you talk about possibility, you can use both may and might with no difference in meaning.As for your second question, it depends on whether you saw this action in the past. In which case, it should be "If I hadn't seen you go there..." Yes, when you talk about possibility, you can use both may and might with no difference in meaning.

As for your second question, it depends on whether you saw this action in the past. In which case, it should be "If I hadn't seen you go there…"

]]> By: junahttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-56623 juna Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:49:51 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-56623 I may come tomorrow/ I might come tomorrow. Do both of the sentences have same meaning? my another question is "If I didn't see you go there I would not let your child go.is this correct or I should use if I had not seen you to go there. I may come tomorrow/ I might come tomorrow. Do both of the sentences have same meaning? my another question is "If I didn't see you go there I would not let your child go.is this correct or I should use if I had not seen you to go there.

]]> By: Clarehttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-48644 Clare Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:36:20 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-48644 "We use the pattern should have done to talk about what we think would have been the best thing to do."In this sentence "what" is a type of pronoun. You could also say "We think it would have been better to say..." "We use the pattern should have done to talk about what we think would have been the best thing to do."

In this sentence "what" is a type of pronoun. You could also say "We think it would have been better to say…"

]]> By: dathhttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-48602 dath Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:23:20 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-48602 i saw the above sentence, explanning on using "have should done", have written that " we think would have been the..." - you can see the word "think" should follow the word"would" but I saw on this lesson the word "think" stand before the word "would" why?? i saw the above sentence, explanning on using "have should done", have written that " we think would have been the…"
- you can see the word "think" should follow the word"would" but I saw on this lesson the word "think" stand before the word "would" why??

]]> By: Clarehttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-48560 Clare Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:28:32 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/changing-the-mood-of-a-sentence-modals/#comment-48560 Sorry, but I don't understand your question. Can you explain it again? Sorry, but I don't understand your question. Can you explain it again?

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