For those interested in exploring the modal auxiliary verbs, a further instalment has been posted. See
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/as...tml#post462142
I thought it advisable to do this post.
I was right.
You put time, effort, and thought into a post, and then find that it seems to disappear into some void - I certainly, as yet, have not seen it appear in New Posts.
This has happened before, with a long post. Are they relegated to a 'delay' box for 'scrutiny' or...
I'll give it 24 hours. After that, I'll pop in and do the occasionalor
but I'll be blowed*** if I'll put any sweat into this forum to see it disappear into a vacuum instead of a possible impetus to discussion.
***yeh, I do mean what comes to your mind, and honi soit to others.
Last edited by David L.; 09-Apr-2009 at 22:57.