University:
Ball State University
Course:
GER 303 | Grammar
Academic year:

2024
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65

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2
Author:

Joe R.

GRAMMAR LECTURE NOTES 2 1-Wish usually suggests a situation that is unreal or contrary to fact. After wish as in unreal conditional statements we use a past tense to suggest present action and a past perfect tense to suggest past action. I wish John were here now. (Present) ' I wish I had known about this yesterday. (Past) The expressions I wish you would and I wish you wouldn't are used to express polite commands or requests. I wish you would stay here. I wish you wouldn't go home. 2-In order to avoid repetition of earlier words or phrases, we use too or so and an appropriate auxiliary verb. He speaks English and she speaks English. He speaks English and she does too. He speaks English and so does she. I went to New York and John went to New York. I went to New York and John did too. I went to New York and so did John. 3-We use too and so to avoid repetition in affirmative sentences ; we use gither and neither to avoid repetition in negative sentences. He doesn't speak English and she doesn't citizen He doesn't speak English and neither does she. I didn't go to New York and John didn't either. I didn't go to New York and neither did John. 4-In sentences describing two opposite situations, we avoid repetitioin with but and an appropriate auxiliary. She liked the movie. I didn't like the movie. She liked the movie but I didn't. He doesn't speak English. His wife speaks English. He doesn't speak English but his wife does. 5-We usually form negative questions by placing the contraction of to be or an auxiliiary verb and not before the subject. Isn't she here today? Didn't John see her? Why didn't you tell me? 6-We form subject questions by substituting who what, or wiche for the subject of a sentence. John lives here. Who lives here ? The book is on the desk. ‘ What is on the desk ? We also form subject questions by substituting which for the modifiers of the subject. The blue car is his. Which car is his ?