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Month: June 2021

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“Maybe” vs. “Might” and “May”

Many English learners think the adverb “maybe” means the same as the modal verbs “might” or “may.” However, they don’t always mean the same…
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Used To

Used to is very common in spoken English. It refers to the distant past, meaning: 1) You did something regularly a long time ago, butnowadays, you don’t do that thing anymore, or 2) You almost never did something a long time ago, but
nowadays, you do that thing regularly.
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Subjunctive Conditionals #1 (If I were, I would…)

Subjunctive tense is making suppositions that do not match reality, while conditionals are if statements. Subjunctive conditionals have similar form, except: 1) in the if clause you use subjunctive tense, and 2) in the antecedent you use would (or could) + infinitive…