Very, very useful video about conditionals.I can't have learnt more! hats off ..we expect more advanced lessons like this in future.Thank you once again.
Dear Mr Rupert, I would like to thank you very much once again! Your videos are a great enrichment for me. It's hard to find a teacher like you. And your videos make me love the English language more and more, as they clearly show that advanced English and advanced German are very similar. Free rules, guided only by a pleasant sound of sentences AND a sharp way of describing a certain content or meaning, make our two languages relatives.
It's always nice when you discover a rule in the language you are learning is similar to a rule in your own language - it's like getting a piece of the new language for free 😁 Thanks for your very kind comment 👍
Dear Repert, I must be grateful to you for the great service you have provided us. You covered the rules of conditional sentences in full. I have learned a lot from this lesson. Thank you so much.
I rarely leave comments online, but I have to for this! This is by far the most detailed and easy-to-understand video on conditionals for non-native English speakers like me. Thank you for clearing up the doubts I’ve had for so long. Your channel is criminally underrated!
Sir,would you be so kind to clarify if we use "but for"+noun,clause with Would for imaginary present/future or "but for"+noun,clause with Would have+p.p. for hypothetical past.I have the same question for "If it wasn't/weren't for+ noun".I wish you a nice evening.
Can you make a separate video on the difference between Gerundial (to+v1) and the infinitive (to+ v1). I get confused which one is functioning as a Gerundial and which one is functioning as an infinitive with to.
Thanks for the request! I am collecting all of the requests I've recently had and planning how to make a unique video covering them. I will do my best to include your request 😁
@@EnglishwithRupert Thank you for considering my request. Actually infinitive(to+ v1) is very tricky rule. Sometimes it functions as adjective, sometimes as noun and sometimes as an adverb. It becomes difficult to recognise it's function all the time.
Ten months had passed since I had set foot on this island...... A shipwrecked Sailor by Daniel Defoe........ . Sir how two past perfect tenses possible in a single sentence... Pl tell me how it possible pl
Hello Gramarian ! Hope you are well. Have a good weekend. By the way, you couldn't tell me what's the difference between: should you need? If you need? If you should need? Much obliged in advance.
Hi! It might be helpful to understand "should you need" as being similar to "in case you need". It describes something that is not necessarily expected. On the other hand, "if you need" could be for something more likely. Does that help? 😀
"Ask him if he comes to dinner" means "Does he come to dinner on a regular basis?". The Present Simple here indicates something with permanence (i.e. could apply to the past/present or future), whereas "will" limits it to the future.
... very useful, indeed ... items 58 and 52 were a revelation to me ... thank you ... ... in your sentence "If you should find the buttons, tell me so I can repair my coat" (item 50) I would expect (for some reason unknown to me) "...so that I can repair my coat" ... would it be also OK and make a difference? ... ... thinking about item 35, I suspect that a person so conscious of grammar rules and subtle nuances of meaning like you are (?as you are) must occasionally suffer in real life ... :-) ...
Thanks Vladimir! On item 50, you are absolutely correct - "so that" can be added with no meaning change. On having an eye for the nuances of grammar ... as a teacher I regularly need to give feedback on writing which is virtually perfect but with minor mistakes, and as a result I have been "conditioned" to look out for the tiniest variations in grammar ... how about you?
@@EnglishwithRupert ... Czechs are mostly pleased (if not delighted) to hear foreigners try their hand (:-)) at our language and very tolerant of any imperfections that they might produce ... ... a problem arises elsewhere: attacked by information technologies and, yes, the English language, our language in changing in a way I consider unhappy (do not blame the technologies or English, but my fellow citizens...) ... ... some people believe that natural selection will remove what is not viable - some are worried that the organism might not survive ...
@@vladimirb5319 Yes I've noticed this problem in the country I associate with the most outside of the UK, which is Portugal. I feel there are both pros and cons 🤔
Hi, After the meeting, she broke down crying. I think 'Down' is an adverb partical here.The word 'Crying' could be a reduced present participle clause. The full clause is 'After the meeting, she broke down while she was crying.' Am I right?
Hi Dan! I would consider "Broke down" to be a phrasal verb meaning to lose control of one's emotions in a negative way. Your grammatical description of "crying" is correct 😀 - but "crying" in this case has adverbial qualities as it tells us the way that the person "broke down" 👍
Hi Rupert, your video is really amazing. I often hear English native speakers use a mixed conditional where they use the present tense in the if clause and "would" instead of "will" in the main clause. For example : If John works hard, he would be promoted soon. My questions : [1] Is such a mixed conditional grammatically correct? [2] In what situation is this kind of mixed conditional used ? Please help explain to me the usage of this kind of mixed conditional. Thank you.
Hi Melvin! This is non standard grammar because the first clause should be followed by a "will" clause, but that doesn't stop people mixing up the conditionals anyway! The context sounds to me like it should be 2nd conditional. What probably happened here is the speaker started in the 1st conditional and halfway through decided the next bit should be hypothetical, so switched to 2nd conditional at that point!
Hi Jay! What you could do is watch the video in a few parts - perhaps the section on the 1st conditional today, 0 conditional tomorrow, 2nd conditional on the next day etc 🙂
Very, very useful video about conditionals.I can't have learnt more! hats off ..we expect more advanced lessons like this in future.Thank you once again.
Thanks Janak!
Dear Mr Rupert, I would like to thank you very much once again! Your videos are a great enrichment for me. It's hard to find a teacher like you. And your videos make me love the English language more and more, as they clearly show that advanced English and advanced German are very similar. Free rules, guided only by a pleasant sound of sentences AND a sharp way of describing a certain content or meaning, make our two languages relatives.
It's always nice when you discover a rule in the language you are learning is similar to a rule in your own language - it's like getting a piece of the new language for free 😁
Thanks for your very kind comment 👍
Dear Repert, I must be grateful to you for the great service you have provided us. You covered the rules of conditional sentences in full. I have learned a lot from this lesson. Thank you so much.
I am so pleased this lesson was worthwhile for you 😀
I rarely leave comments online, but I have to for this! This is by far the most detailed and easy-to-understand video on conditionals for non-native English speakers like me.
Thank you for clearing up the doubts I’ve had for so long. Your channel is criminally underrated!
I'm honoured that you chose to leave a comment on my channel 🙏👍 I'm glad you found the video so helpful. Best wishes Rupert 😀
Great teacher great service to the TH-cam audience watching the video and listening to the explanation on the conditional sentences…
Thanks for taking the time to comment 🙂
Sir,would you be so kind to clarify if we use "but for"+noun,clause with Would for imaginary present/future or "but for"+noun,clause with Would have+p.p. for hypothetical past.I have the same question for "If it wasn't/weren't for+ noun".I wish you a nice evening.
Can you make a separate video on the difference between Gerundial (to+v1) and the infinitive (to+ v1). I get confused which one is functioning as a Gerundial and which one is functioning as an infinitive with to.
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Thanks for the request! I am collecting all of the requests I've recently had and planning how to make a unique video covering them. I will do my best to include your request 😁
@@EnglishwithRupert Thank you for considering my request. Actually infinitive(to+ v1) is very tricky rule. Sometimes it functions as adjective, sometimes as noun and sometimes as an adverb. It becomes difficult to recognise it's function all the time.
Thank you.
This video has very helpful explanations, thank you so much. I appreciate you. I always wanted to know the differences.
I appreciate your kind comment - thanks 👍🙏
I have never learnt this lesson this way before.
Thanks indeed
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it :)
Ten months had passed since I had set foot on this island...... A shipwrecked Sailor by Daniel Defoe........
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Sir how two past perfect tenses possible in a single sentence...
Pl tell me how it possible pl
Watch my video released today - it is covered in the last point (around 32 minutes in) :)
I love your vid
I'm so glad you liked it! Best wishes Rupert
Hello Gramarian !
Hope you are well.
Have a good weekend.
By the way, you couldn't tell me what's the difference between: should you need? If you need? If you should need?
Much obliged in advance.
Hi! It might be helpful to understand "should you need" as being similar to "in case you need". It describes something that is not necessarily expected. On the other hand, "if you need" could be for something more likely. Does that help? 😀
Yes, much obliged..
God bless.
In final bits ,no3 Ask him if he will come to dinner(future). Why will +v1,not if +present simple? It does really make difference?
"Ask him if he comes to dinner" means "Does he come to dinner on a regular basis?". The Present Simple here indicates something with permanence (i.e. could apply to the past/present or future), whereas "will" limits it to the future.
This pdf says is not available in somalia why? there's lot of is student from somalia connect your channel we wonder if you could open to us.
Thanks
I'm so sorry about this. I will be making this available on another platform soon. I will post a message on my community board when it's ready.
... very useful, indeed ... items 58 and 52 were a revelation to me ... thank you ...
... in your sentence "If you should find the buttons, tell me so I can repair my coat" (item 50) I would expect (for some reason unknown to me) "...so that I can repair my coat" ... would it be also OK and make a difference? ...
... thinking about item 35, I suspect that a person so conscious of grammar rules and subtle nuances of meaning like you are (?as you are) must occasionally suffer in real life ... :-) ...
Thanks Vladimir!
On item 50, you are absolutely correct - "so that" can be added with no meaning change.
On having an eye for the nuances of grammar ... as a teacher I regularly need to give feedback on writing which is virtually perfect but with minor mistakes, and as a result I have been "conditioned" to look out for the tiniest variations in grammar ... how about you?
@@EnglishwithRupert ... Czechs are mostly pleased (if not delighted) to hear foreigners try their hand (:-)) at our language and very tolerant of any imperfections that they might produce ...
... a problem arises elsewhere: attacked by information technologies and, yes, the English language, our language in changing in a way I consider unhappy (do not blame the technologies or English, but my fellow citizens...) ...
... some people believe that natural selection will remove what is not viable - some are worried that the organism might not survive ...
@@vladimirb5319 Yes I've noticed this problem in the country I associate with the most outside of the UK, which is Portugal. I feel there are both pros and cons 🤔
Hi,
After the meeting, she broke down crying.
I think 'Down' is an adverb partical here.The word 'Crying' could be a reduced present participle clause. The full clause is 'After the meeting, she broke down while she was crying.' Am I right?
Hi Dan!
I would consider "Broke down" to be a phrasal verb meaning to lose control of one's emotions in a negative way. Your grammatical description of "crying" is correct 😀 - but "crying" in this case has adverbial qualities as it tells us the way that the person "broke down" 👍
Hi Rupert, your video is really amazing.
I often hear English native speakers use a mixed conditional where they use the present tense in the if clause and "would" instead of "will" in the main clause.
For example :
If John works hard, he would be promoted soon.
My questions :
[1] Is such a mixed conditional grammatically correct?
[2] In what situation is this kind of mixed conditional used ?
Please help explain to me the usage of this kind of mixed conditional. Thank you.
Hi Melvin! This is non standard grammar because the first clause should be followed by a "will" clause, but that doesn't stop people mixing up the conditionals anyway! The context sounds to me like it should be 2nd conditional. What probably happened here is the speaker started in the 1st conditional and halfway through decided the next bit should be hypothetical, so switched to 2nd conditional at that point!
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Thank you for your kind comment!
Supposing your conditional video is not made, how will we learn in depth knowledge.
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Thank you! I appreciate the comments 🙂👍🙏
60...conditionals ..do not suffocate people for video.
Please
Hi Jay! What you could do is watch the video in a few parts - perhaps the section on the 1st conditional today, 0 conditional tomorrow, 2nd conditional on the next day etc 🙂
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I'm delighted that you found this lesson so useful! Best wishes Rupert :)