I don't know what time it is, I don't have the time, and I didn't get it when you told me. In past tense I suppose you could say, I would have gotten the time had you spoken more clearly. Otherwise forget "got."

You have used double past tenses, and I really would recommend that you do not use short forms because the tenses go haywire .. I did not got time is wrong because the words "did not" is always followed by the present tense..i.e.I did

Hi, vineeta. Welcome to English forums. Thanks for joining us. Actually, "What" is the subject of these sentences. In this case it's a pronoun, third person singular. "You" is the direct object of the verb. It's like,

I didn't know you have to do that.. I didn't know you had to do that... I'm having a major fit with the verbs had/have. I know one is in the past tense and the other is the present form. But when I read the two sentences above they

Is the use of the word pled in the following example grammatically correct? The parties have pled not guilty .. In this case the simple past tense and the past participle are identical. (You can always find them listed in your dictionary.)

jemaasjr is right about the question. In US grammar school, we used to run through the tenses: present tense - I stay, do stay, am staying. We rarely use "I do stay" in this exact form, but it's absolutely essential for questions

The contexts: honeysuckle submerged there on the floor of Dale Creek. Yes, he said, he saw my mother sitting on the steps stirring a cake, and I was seven and licking vanilla icing. # " Oh, Teddy, I can hardly wait. When can we go there? I

I didn't know you had it in you -- past tense This is the usual formualtion. I don't know you have it in you -- present tense I've never heard this. The first is used after someone does or says something unexpected. The second would

So usually when a sentence begins with past tense, present, future tense, etc...it would stay that tense and not be switched around because that's just the grammatic rules of English. Correct? I ate an apple yesterday then went to the beach

These sentences are taken from COCA: When I was young I had wandered through Dale Creek on summer days. They'd laughed at my name when I was young , and I had n't liked it much. He had evidenced traces of it when he was