Google
English-Test.net
Find penpals and make new friends today!
 
progressively
gradually
direct
slantwise
firm
TOEIC practice test: Interactive word games: Free Online Adjective Adverb Noun Verb Game Answer
Dictionaries   TOEIC   TOEFL   GMAT   SAT   GRE   MCAT   PCAT   ASVAB   Interviews
Tests   Grammar   Articles   Stories   Shop   Services   English for winners   Speaking
Home   Top 100   Start your FREE email English course now!   Audio Lessons   Jobs
 
Username
Password
 Remember me? 
Search   FAQ   Memberlist   Profile   Private messages   Register   Log in 

advisable if/that?



 
ESL/EFL Worksheets and Handouts for Students Printable, photocopiable, clearly structured
Designed for teachers and individual learners
For use in a classroom, at home, on your PC
ESL Forum | English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
intensifiers of comparatives in negative sentences | Usage of 'since'
Listening exercises
Message
 Author
advisable if/that? #1 (permalink) Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:56 pm   advisable if/that?		  
1. Would it be advisable if we don't go?
2. Would it be advisable that we don't go?
#1 is correct. Is #2 also acceptable?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
_________________
Thank you very much for your reply.
Sitifan
I'm here quite often ;-)


Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 259
Location: Taiwan
advisabke if/that? #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 16, 2008 13:04 pm   advisabke if/that?		  
Hi,

I think probably (2) is just about acceptable but to be honest I would make the whole idea simpler by saying: Would it be advisable not to go?

Alan
_________________
English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story In Order
Alan
Co-founder
Alan Townend

Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 9191
Location: UK
English grammar exercises — improve your English knowledge and vocabulary skillsAre you a native speaker of English? Then you should read this!Can you find all the prepositions in this story?This newsletter tells you all about English! Subscribe to free email English course
Display posts from previous:   
intensifiers of comparatives in negative sentences | Usage of 'since'
ESL Forum | English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms advisable if/that? All times are GMT + 1 Hour
Page 1 of 1
Latest topics on English Forums

Start FREE email English course now!
Join more than 100,000 learners!
Set a value 'to, on, in, of' 200... • Things could be a lot worse. • Usage of do, run, perform, implement... • 'I got this from a friend of my wife' vs I got this from a friend of my wife's • a small problem with tense and tag question • when to use TO + something • Usage of marvelous and great • special verbs (watched/watch, hear/heard) • across vs over vs along vs through • some vague phrases (liquid from the vial was pure alcohol, etc.) • Usage of the word "too" • I would be delighted to hear from you • Usage of "both" • Usage of commas in a series of independent sentences • Do you compare your dog with your friend? • make a 'comparison'... • "get down from" vs "get off" • Comma usage: My name is Bob Brown, I am seventeen years old and I live in London • advisable if/that?

Discover English-test.net
A law unto s.o • Simple vs. easy? • How can I work with my ESL students? Any ideas for my ESL classroom? • Question about deprecation • SAT vocab test: Increase Vocabulary: English Nouns Adjectives Verbs • SAT vocabulary test: Word find games: Free Online Noun Adjective Verb Game • Meaning of pedagogy, olfactory, predicate, dolesome, dissatisfy, loiterer, competitive • Teaching vocab: Learn common nouns • English handouts: Dividends • List of bonds words american, costing, open market, london: Foreign Shares

 
 You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Provided by phpBB ©2001-2009 phpBB Group
Subscribe to FREE email English course
First name E-mail