discuss – English Grammar Profiler

C2, CLAUSES, conditional, MODALITY / appoint, commence, comply, constitute, consult, determine, discuss, if, notify, prescribe, prevail, proceed, refer, retain, shall, share, VM, VVI

Here’s an expert example of using a conditional clause + ‘shall’ clause to express modality: Come on, if we don’t share a similar social consciousness, how shall we discuss social problems? Listen to this sentence. C2 point 225 in the category of MODALITY is defined: ‘shall’ in the main clause after an ‘if-‘ clause conditionals Long open queries are impossible on iWeb, so here we first look for the …

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B1, FUTURE, intention, NEGATIVE, plan / allow, argue, beat, become, believe, bother, break, bring, call, comment, complain, cover, cut, discuss, fall, fix, happen, hold, hurt, keep, kill, let, lie, lose, move, pretend, save, sell, solve, spend, stand, try, turn, waste, win

Point 26 in the category of FUTURE is defined: the negative form of ‘be going to’ to talk about plans and intentions An iWeb search for: _XX _VVGK _T _VVI 1 NOT GOING TO GET 20965 2 NOT GOING TO HAPPEN 14351 3 NOT GOING TO GO 10194 4 NOT GOING TO MAKE 9409 5 …

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