Thank you for this class! I was wondering if you could help me with the following expressions: "I could have been able to finish that job" "I could have been able to save him" I have this feeling that "Could" and "Able to" can be used together in like very specific cases, i think i heard this type of expressions before, i might be wrong. Please let me know and thank you teacher for the help!
Both those sentences are fine. Having both 'could' and 'able to' adds in. the idea of less certainty as opposed to 'I could have finished that job' or 'I could have saved him'. Thanks for the question!
We have a similar expression here in Brazil: "Jogar lenha na fogueira" which literally means "To throw firewood in the bonfire" . I used to love STIRRING THE POT, but now that I'm a growup I matured and then I stopped doing it. It's kinda childish. Thanks for the video xD
If the meaning is to attack or fight, then yes, go at and come at could have the same meaning, only the perspective would be different (I went at him, he came at me).
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Hi, Sir what are the differences between going to and be going to in a future tense sentence? For Example, I'm going to go to a party tomorrow vs I'm going to a party tomorrow
In that case, there is not much difference. Both would mean that you have made a plan in advance to do something. For instance, If I booked a hotel for a vacation in Italy, I could say: I'm going to Italy next summer OR I'm going to go to Italy next summer. They would have the same meaning.
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I'm kind of confused about the first sentence, which is the abbreviation in the sentence I could have been on time if ("i'd") I wanna know which abbreviations can we use whit could've.
I'm not totally sure what you're asking but 'I'd' is short for 'I had' in this sentence, and 'could've' is a slightly less formal way to say 'could have'. I hope that answers your question.
Only the infinitive (to hire) or zero infinitive (hire) can be used in this sentence, but not the gerund (hiring). The zero infinitive is probably the most common way.
Respected sir, being undisputedly the greatest grammarian of this generation, you are earnestly entreated to let me know if the following sentence would be grammatically correct if i rewrite your example sentence -It was last weekend that my friend got a pet cat from Mrs.Smith-using 'when' in place of 'that' in this way -It was last weekend when my friend got a pet cat from Mrs.Smith.
