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Group of English tips across the subjects of: > Structures after wish/if only, > Distancing, > Changing stress on two-syllable nouns and verbs, and > more
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ExtraTips #1
1st and 3rd person can use both was/
were, except in advices (“If I were Changing stress on two-
you”). syllable nouns and verbs
‘Were’ sounds formal.
Some words change their stress
depending on whether they are
verbs or nouns.
> The nouns are usually stressed
on the first syllable
Structures after wish/if only
> The verbs, on the second
syllable
> Wish + wouldn’t
Things that annoy you
> Wish + past simple or perfect
- Past simple: unlikely desire →
present/future
- Past perfect: past which you When who/what/which/etc. is the
regret subject of the question, we don’t
use do/did.
In informal spoken English, if the Distancing
emphasized part is the pronoun, we
normally use the object pronoun
after “It is/was” > Seem/Appear
It was me who paid the bill > The passive with verbs of saying
and reporting
It was I who paid the bill (very > Apparently, According to, May/
formal) Might
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