"Mark Daniels" Was just wondering if anyone has observed the UK football commentator use of the present perfect where in grammar and ... have "...then Buckham's taken the ball up the left wing, he's crossed it over to Shoals

Was just wondering if anyone has observed the UK football commentator use of the present perfect where in grammar and ... in the past (the textbook context for use of past simple), but perhaps someone can put me right? Mark Daniels Yeah, I've

As others have said, it all depends on what you ... count - simple present I am counting - present progressive The difference between those two is? "I count" = 'I generally count; counting is in my repertoire of actions (I may not be

Well, you know, looked at structurally, Latin had three tenses ... which are conventionally the six "tenses", with the following names: 'I have gone' is the same as 'I went' (and even in English, "I have gone"

I gather Latin has still more tenses, which serve such ... perfect), "I had gone" (pluperfect), and who knows what else. Well, you know, looked at structurally, Latin had three tenses (past, present, and future) and two aspects (perfect

I gather Latin has still more tenses, which serve such purposes as "I have gone" (past perfect), "I had gone" (pluperfect), and who knows what else. Well, you know, looked at structurally, Latin had three tenses (past, present,

Miriam, your explanations were really great, thank you very much! This turns out to be a quite interesting thread... TS, I can understand your problems with the correct usage, especially the ones you mentioned in your last few postings.

There are only two tenses in English: past and present. The verb forms and auxiliaries associated with these two tenses ... : I ran. progressive aspect: am/was running perfect aspect : have/had run prefect & progressive aspects combined:

"Dylan Nicholson" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag Most grammar books will identify more than two tenses because ... each verb has only two indicative forms: present and past. So who gets to decide that a tense is identified solely

marek wrote on 03 Jun 2004: Hello, There's been a little debate fired in another newsgroup with an innocent question of how many tenses are used ... all of the tenses and then some more! :) It might be somewhat difficult to establish what