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'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to' Present tenses Present perfect continuous 'Like' for preference and description "If it rains, I will take my umbrella." Learn how to use the first conditional ...

THE ancient notion of English grammar was one of certain categories of words, and certain rules for their proper use. This is still the idea implied in most of the dictionary definitions of the word.