refer – 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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