English grammer?

Question

I am a girl from japan.I have great difficulty in learing english grammar.I was confused by some questions.
Q1.The swimming pool is available only in summer.
The swimming pool is available in summer only.
Which one is correct? why?
Q2
She said tour members would be staying at a new hotel which had a good restaurant.
(I found this question in the dictionary.I don't know why we should use'would be staying'
Could you teach me?

Answer 1

Q1 - both sentences are correct, there is no difference in meaning: the first is just a statement; the second sounds a bit more like a warning, because the word order is non-standard and thus emphasises "only" in its unusual position at the end of the sentence.

Q2 - this is reported speech, "She said [that] ..."

The tense used is the "future in the past", in this case the future progressive in the past, although the simple future in the past, "would stay" would be just as correct. The future in the past must be used, because the action "staying" was in
the future when "she" made the statement, and that statement is now in the past. This is one of the rules of reported speech in English.

I hope that's clear!

Answer 2

With Q1, personally I would say, "The swimming pool is only available in the summer" but as that is not an option I would suggest that the first choice is more precise if used in conversation. The second choice is more 'business like' in that it is what I would expect to see as a sign, as signs often sacrifice grammatical correctness in favour of getting the message across, which is done more efficiently by putting the word "only" at the end of the sentence.

With Q2, by saying "members would be staying" is stating that the tour members are not necessarily going on the holiday. If they were definately going on the holiday it would say, "members will be staying" instead. If the holiday was currently taking place it would say,"members are staying" and if the holiday was in the past it would say, "stayed". Also, the question should use the word "has" and not "had" for all possibilities except the past tense (where "stayed" was used).
As far as I know this is correct and I hope it helps you.

Answer 3

Question1: what is the only referring to a) the fact that the swimming pool is available only or b) that the pool is available in summer only?
I think that the second part of the question is correct - the meaning is surely that the swimming pool is available in the summer months only, not that the swimming pool is available only
Question 2: "would stay" is fine, though I don't think "would be staying" is the problem here: it is all to do with ambiguity as in the first question. A comma after hotel might diffuse the confusion as to whether they would only stay at a new hotel, depending on it having a good restaurant!

Answer 4

q1 The swimming pool is available only in summer. - is ok

The swimming pool is available in summer only. - stronger emphasis at the end ...there is a sort of emphasis on it NOT BEING AVAILABLE at other times.

The swimming pool is only available in summer - lighter touch, slight emphasis on it BEING AVAILABLE in the summer

But the differences in the three positions for only is VERY small and subtle. You should treat any of them as ok.

q2 if she were writing to people who have booked up for the tour .. "tour members will stay at a new hotel" would be better. but if writing to people who may or may not book the tour "would be staying" is better.

p.s. the would / could / should / shall / will / might can be some of the hardest "modal" words for far east learners of written english, and the use of tone for expression (rather than changing the root word) is more distracting in spoken english - listening to the BBC world service can be very good practice.

Answer 5

GRAMMAR
Q1 Some sentences can have a different word order - which is ok. Both sentences here are ok
Q2 Using would or will or just are staying would be ok. The 'would' and the 'will' just show future tense.
THis happens in English because English is a mixture of anglo-saxon, danish, French, German, latin and some others. This is because those people came here over many years and made us try to speak their languages. They all had different word order possibilities, and we have even more. That is why we can make many jokes using words (especially written words) While it is difficult for japanese people to do this.in your language (especially in writing, because of the pictograms you use. Thsi is why English is and will be the language used for commerce, planes, ships, etc etc. - We have the largest vocabulary of all, as well!
Hajimimashite! Domo origato! Sayonara!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Q 1
Grammmatically both the statements are correct. But the first one is prefered over the second statement

Q2
"Would be staying" is used because it talks about a future activity. " Will be staying" is used when it refers to an activity in present tense.

Answer 8

It is terribly difficult for a native English speaker to explain their own grammar since they have stopped teaching grammar.

I learnt all my grammar through Latin so I only have 2 years worth.

You would be better asking someone who has taught English as a foreign language.

Answer 9

Q1- either is acceptable, but the first answer would be more acceptable and more easily understood, although ideally you need the word "the" below summer.

an even better answer would be "the swimming pool is only avaliable in the summer"

Q 2- i know what you mean, but i will let someone who can explain it better attempt it! :)

Answer 10

Q1, Both are acceptable.
Q2, 'Would be staying' is used because this is in the past but at the time she said it, it was in future progressive tense -- meaning it was going to happen but has not happened yet.

This isn't the most comprehensive answer but basically, you have to know this.

By the way I wish I knew Japanese lol =)