http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThoseSentenceGrammaticallyCorrect/ggmmn/post.htm#534289Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:13:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534289Avangi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThoseSentenceGrammaticallyCorrect/ggmmn/post.htm#534289http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534289.xmlI agree with you about &quot;was nurturing.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />I think you mean, &quot;I now <em><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">have</span></em> 24 hours a day . . .&quot;<br /><br />The logical connection between the first and second sentences is weak.&nbsp; What do you mean to make of the two time factors (<em>passed</em>, and <em>now</em>)?&nbsp; The reader is expecting a point.&nbsp; Are you possibly saying that when school let out and your vacation began, the summer was already half spent?&nbsp; You need to make it clear.<br /><br />Best wishes,&nbsp; B.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThoseSentenceGrammaticallyCorrect/ggmmb/post.htmSun, 29 Jun 2008 15:50:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:534277Belly1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThoseSentenceGrammaticallyCorrect/ggmmb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-534277.xml<span><BLOCKQUOTE><div> </p> <p><span>Glorious summer seems to have passed half way already. I now got 24 hours a day to fulfill the dream I <strong>was nurturing</strong> during the previous school year</span></p> <p><span></span>&nbsp;</p> <p></div></BLOCKQUOTE></span><span>Is was nurturing the perfect tense for this sentence? Obiviously I can use the past tense, but I think adding a past continuous will make the sentence sound more continuous</span><div style="clear:both;"></div>