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Grammar Geek wrote I don t understand what you are saying about spread In present tense and continuous it s reed I am reeding Jim reeds well for a first grader Not redding or reds past past participle red read red read spred spread spred spread New2grammar asked whether he should say I have red...

New2grammar wrote If you move or change schools after you submit your application you must notify So why does this sentence use submit instead of submitted The logic of this sentence is the same as the previous sentence except this one uses the present tense X happens after Y Why are you asking...

New2grammar wrote I thought you WEREn t around the person is here I think generally thought is also followed by past tense especially when thoughts turn out be wrong like in this case If the first verb is in the past tense the following verb is in the past tense as in the above examples However...

In my opinion the tense of that statement depends upon the context of the rest of the message It could be present tense e g Hmmm now that I examine your message more closely I notice that you or past tense e g As I was reading your message I noticed that However I would most likely use past tense...

Inchoateknowledge wrote What does simple future tense mean in this sentence The grammarian it is a grammarian isn t it you re quoting would probably tell you that there is no future tense Many linguists claim English has only two tenses Past and Non past sometimes called present Like Marius...

Yeah I am sorry I did confuse you Elida 171 From what i ve learnt this is not correct i mean we can t use will after when 187 There re almost no such primitive syntax level and yet usable rules in English AFAIK 171 I will do it when he comes 187 correct 171 I will do it when he will come 187...

I always thought it was a remnant of the French Norman Invasion 1066 There is a handful of verbs in French conjugated with to be rather than to have in the passé composé past tense Rise to be born arrive leave go all coming and going verbs are some examples We also sing He is risen and we allow...

New2grammar wrote I agree with you that it should be based on event timing which is making sense But I remember there was a rule saying that facts should use present tense unless you don t think Linda is crazy is a fact Please clarify this to me as I find this conflicting with what you have said...

New2grammar wrote If I rephrase the sentence using Third Conditional can I still use present tense when refering to Linda I would have told him that Linda is crazy if he had asked Let s assume Linda is still crazy at the moment of speaking By the way I notice you included that into my original...

When I was in school years ago we had to use what was called historical present tense when talking about characters or happenings in books For example we would write Hamlet calls to his mother not Hamlet called to his mother Is this still correct grammar Or has it been revised