milky  +  266340 Wed, 13 Sep 06 12:34 PM <The simple past indicates that an activity or situations began and ended at a particular time in the past.> And more: If I wanted to go with you, what would you say? Could you come to my house next week? Might I help you, sir? milky Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004 Senior Member 3,149 Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought". Simple Past, Present Perfect

	Bastille  +  266343 Wed, 13 Sep 06 12:37 PM  Onh1986 wrote: Can you give an example about an action happened but the activities are still going on now? hi onh1986,       for example i have studied since 1995 and it means i started to read in 1995,i am still reading and maybe i will read in the future.the action didn't finish in the past. Bastille Joined on Fri, Aug 25 2006 Ankara/Turkey Full Member 116 look at the life for discovering Present Perfect