Anonymous  +  380438 Sat, 16 Jun 07 07:28 PM Hi, I recently learned that the word 'fall' can mean "to happen on a particular day or at a particular time, but I don't understand its usage very well. e.g. 1."New Year's Day falls/fell on a Monday this year." I have two questions about the sentence above. a) Should we use 'falls' or 'fell' in the case above? b) Could I use be verb instead of 'falls' or 'fell' here, as in   "New Year's Day is/ was on a Monday this year."  If so, should we use 'is' or 'was' here? 2."Labor Day is/falls on May 1st." Are 'falls' and 'is' interchangeable here? Thank you very much. Anonymous Verbs

	Feebs11  +  380515 Sat, 16 Jun 07 11:59 PM  Anonymous wrote: Hi, I recently learned that the word 'fall' can mean "to happen on a particular day or at a particular time, but I don't understand its usage very well. e.g. 1."New Year's Day falls/fell on a Monday this year."  I have two questions about the sentence above. a) Should we use 'falls' or 'fell' in the case above? b) Could I use be verb instead of 'falls' or 'fell' here, as in   "New Year's Day is/ was on a Monday this year."  If so, should we use 'is' or 'was' here? Since you are necessarily talking about a past event, you will use "fell" and "was". If you were talking about next year's New Year's Day, then you can use "falls" and "is".  2."Labor Day is/falls on May 1st." Are 'falls' and 'is' interchangeable here?  They can both be used as the date changes annually [actually, the first Monday in September]  Thank you very much.   Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015 Verbs, Dates

	Spectacled-Girl  +  380669 Sun, 17 Jun 07 02:11 PM I thought 'fall' is a past tense and 'fell' is a present tense? I am confused. Please explain. Thanks. Spectacled-Girl Joined on Fri, May 25 2007 Singapore Full Member 351 Play hard, study hard. Tenses, Present Tenses, Past Tenses

	Francesca  +  380671 Sun, 17 Jun 07 02:14 PM It's the opposite: fall is the present and fell is the past, in fact it is fall-fell-fallen. I hope it helps Francesca Joined on Tue, Oct 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,786

	Feebs11  +  380824 Sun, 17 Jun 07 11:13 PM  Anonymous wrote: Hi, Thank you, feebs11 for your reply. I have two more questions about the topic as follows: Question #1 e.g. 1. "New Year's Day was on a Monday this year." 2. "New Year's Day was a Monday this year." Which sentence is correct?  Both - as is "This year, New Year's Day was [on] a Monday". Question #2 e.g. "New Year's Day falls on January 1st every year." Is it fine to use 'falls' in the sentence? Yes. Thanks Feebs11

	Feebs11  +  381023 Mon, 18 Jun 07 01:51 PM You're welcome  Feebs11