In Present tenses^x, Verbs^x

Yoong Liat wrote The teacher said The world is round In reported speech it would be The teacher said that the world is round One of my English usage books says it can be reported as The teacher said that the world was round was consistent with said in tense What do you think Other books give...

Hoa Thai wrote Yoong Liat wrote You re right In an exam it is advisable to use a verb in the past tense However in fact if the marker is knowlegeable he will not mark the answer as wrong Hi Yoong Liat I agree I have had a chance to discuss this issue with many English teachers friends of mine...

Anonymous wrote I see so there is not much difference between these two cases Therefore I can use either case anyway in terms of verb tense usage Is my understanding correct Hi Not much in the context of the original post However as I stated in my previous post will means sometime in the future...

Cool Breeze wrote Heidita wrote Why only motion I m eating with my father tomorrow I m having dinner with Mary next week Who has said only motion CB So do I The continuous present tense is usually used to indicate future action in connection with verbs that involve motion You didn t say only but...

Gori wrote Are these sentences both grammatically correct If they are both grammatically correct what s the difference in meanings Case A If the fuel is not full the engine will stop If the fuel is full the engine will not stop Case B If the fuel is not full the engine stops If the fuel is full...

Marius Hancu wrote I m studying at the faculty of medicine next year I consider this one wrong Hi MariusSo do I The continuous present tense is usually used to indicate future action in connection with verbs that involve motion He is coming next week I m flying to New York tomorrow But not I am...

Jackson6612 wrote Question 1 I see Yoong Liat has written We should be concerned about how to use the verbs correctly rather than the different names they are called Would it be okay if I write the above sentence as We should be concerned about how to use the verbs correctly rather than the...

driving down the road and moving across a landscape are presumably the phrases you think contain a present tense verb This is wrong You misunderstand the structure These phrases are called participial phrases Because of the ing you may think they are present tense verbs but they are not driving...

I m trying to help my father edit a past tense fictional story and he keeps starting sentences with phrases containing a present tense verb I ve told him that this is incorrect grammar but he thinks it is acceptable Who s correct ex Driving down the road my hair moved with the wind ex Moving...

CalifJim wrote The average temperature of December last year in Tokyo was 20 degrees whearas it was usually 19 degreees 1 in a month but here you could also use for for allows you to avoid saying in twice once with December once with Tokyo 2 Adverbs of place normally precede adverbs of time 3...