http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastOrPastSimple/gngwd/post.htm#566876Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:08:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:566876CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastOrPastSimple/gngwd/post.htm#566876http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-566876.xmlCan I go on using my ... expressions? Of course! CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastOrPastSimple/gngwd/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 15:08:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:566868Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimplePastOrPastSimple/gngwd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-566868.xmlHi everybody, I&#39;m a teacher of English at a German Grammar School and after 12 years of experience I&#39;m still wondering about the following puzzle: Why do all the Grammar books stick to the &quot;confusing&quot; expressions simple past and simple present, although it seems quite more logical to say past simple and present simple? I really prefer these expressions in my classes, because all the other tenses just start with the &quot;tense marker&quot; and go on with the &quot;aspect marker&quot;: present progressive, present perfect, past progressive, past perfect. Can I go on using my preferable expressions? Yours, D.S. Elfers