based on ideas put forward by geophysicist J..- BASED is in the past participle. Ths ING verbs, have no tense, they're in the participle. while the Pacific plate has moved - PRESENT PERFECT The main Idea of the text is in the past, however,

They're both simple present tense, not modal. The passive voice version is simply less personal, in not mentioning the actor, "I." They're both "polite," although some might feel that "less personal" =

I think letter A-D are acceptable. However if you are talking about Planned actions Letter D is correct- meaning you have decided to do it. Now if you're referring to schedules or time tables, Simple Present is highly to be used.

Thank you. Would you give me an example of native speakers preferring the simple present over a future form in the case you were talking about?

. These seem like reasonable places to use past perfect. If the order of past actions is clear, the dependent clause (just as with coordinate clauses) needn't be in past perfect, and native speakers tend to prefer the simple past to the past

C. is a complete sentence already, starting with a capital letter and ending with a period (just a clue - the sentence is correct). A. & D. are sentence beginnings, starting with capital letters and ending with commas. B. & E. are sentence

I feel "indicates" is right, because we intend to use simple present here. (Simple present is used for defining or explaining something). /Sameer Thanks again! Sameer. Yes, I agree, but does 'indicates' agree with the subject

I feel "indicates" is right, because we intend to use simple present here. (Simple present is used for defining or explaining something). /Sameer

Hi, We've had a bit of a disagreement about a sentence and the correct grammar for it. I will give you the sentence below, in context, bolding the sentence. Social Media is shaking up the marketing world. Traditionally, marketers broadcast

Nothing that complicated. It's just a "verb of sense" followed by two adjective complements. The verb "to feel" is used in simple present tense. The adjectives in this case are both past participles (verbals), which may be