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Francesca wrote See if it can help you Lost_11th episode I ve actually read the plot but I didn t get what the title has go to do with it why did you use present perfect in the first part of your sentence and past simple in the second gt I m just curious cause I tend to have problems when these...

1 come forwarda During our English classes or lessons no one wants to come forward and answer the teacher s questions lessons is better b They ve come forward with ambitious plans and ideas VS came forward come up with is better here Choosing simple past or present perfect depends on your context...

1 What have you been doing since I left the room a would it be possible to use did you do Not really or have you done Yes instead of have you been doing 2 Why on earth didn t you tell me about that loose floorboard I tripped over it just now and hurt myself a I was surprised to see this answer in...

Hi 1 What have you been doing since I left the room a would it be possible to use did you do lt lt lt Yes but it seems a bit awkward because it suggests that what you did does not have present importance or have you done lt lt lt lt yes definitely instead of have you been doing 2 Why on earth...

I have some nagging doubts about the usage of perfect tenses especially in cotrast with simple past Here we go then 1 What have you been doing since I left the room a would it be possible to use did you do or have you done instead of have you been doing 2 Why on earth didn t you tell me about...

my forehead and my cheeks were crushed and obliterated What tense is this Its not the past simple is it because of the crushed and obliterated Thanks

Kooyeen wrote My personal choices are my style just always with past simple I just saw it yet always with perfect tenses I haven t seen it yet already with both perfect tenses and past simple I ve already seen it I already checked it ever and never practically always with perfect tenses Sorry...

Kooyeen wrote just always with past simple I just saw it yet always with perfect tenses I haven t seen it yet See below already with both perfect tenses and past simple I ve already seen it I already checked it ever and never practically always with perfect tenses I wouldn t go that far I would...

CalifJim wrote Kooyeen Were there any other adverbs with this property nearly always require a perfect tense in BrE Or just just I d be interested because I think there are several I believe already is another for example I was told just yet already ever never had to be used with perfect tenses...

Hi She is at her desk being afraid of something Is this sentece above correct Can I leave the being out Yes leave it out Can I use being in the past simple sentence below Again leave it out She was at her desk being afraid of something It s an odd phrase in your context This construction with...