Dear friends,
I have a couple of questions concerning some grammatical points about which I am absolutely dubious. What would you say in these situations? and why?
1. a) I would never have bought the clothes, had I known they would shrink.
b) I never would have bought the clothes, had I known they would shrink.
In some books I have read the first is correct; in some native English conversations I have heard the second.
2. at letter endings or elsewhere, would you say: "I �ll be grateful" or "I �d be grateful", or would you say for example: "It would be OK if I went to your class tomorrow" or "It will be OK if I go to your class tomorrow"?
3. In a TOEFL book (Lognman, by Deborah Philips), it is written:
It should be noted that not all adjective clauses can appear in a reduced form. An adjective clause can appear in a reduced form only if the adjective clause connector is followed directly by a verb. In other words, an adjective clause can only be reduced if the connector is also a subject:
The woman that I just met is the tour guide. (does not reduce)
The letter which you sent me arrived yesterday. (does not reduce)
Is that right? I think I �ve heard the reduced forms like: "The woman I met . . ."
Thanks in advance
