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AmE Several verbs suggest recommend ask etc require the subjunctive after them I suggested she go to the library BrE The subjunctive is avoided in such constructions and the should infinitive is used I suggested she should go to the library or ordinary present and past tenses I suggested she went...

Goodman wrote Hi Amy I was wondering if you would mind spending just a little more time shedding some light on my questions which are driving me crazy I realized I had the past participle of welcome a little mixed up But the thing that bothered me the most is this No one really explained the...

Yankee wrote Hi GoodmanYou can look at to welcome someone with open arms as an idiom This idiom contains the verb welcome Simple past tense active voice They welcomed him with open arms Simple past tense passive voive He was welcomed with open arms by them Welcomed is a past participle here The...

edit Verb drug US Simple past tense and past participle of drag You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile edit Usage notes In British English this is incorrect the correct past tense of drag is dragged Random House says that drug is nonstandard as the past tense of drag...

The comptroller A wanted B to know if you C had checked over the report he D left on your desk This is the best one in my opinion I personally will avoid using double past perfect construction Apply past perf tense on the process which may have a longer duration of time Have you checked over the...

Hi BrummelWelcome to the forums Your reasoning regarding can and could is right and what causes further problems is the fact that can has a number of meanings He can play the piano can be put in the past by simply replacing can with could especially if the reference is to skill ability or the...

ConscientiousStudent wrote Thank you But when the speaker say it the people has not been asked yet So why is it in continuous tense Hi Conscientious Adding to the other s comment I would like to offer an extra 2 cents There was a man that was walking in the middle of the street There was a man...

Ant_222 wrote Tense is a property of the verb The construction having said is not a verb Hi Ant I don t think having said is gerund rather in my opinion it s a phrase

Tense is a property of the verb The construction having said is not a verb

Jackson6612 wrote The following is one of those sentences which always seem obscure to me The subject names the person place or thing being talked about What tense are we using in that sentence I don t know such a construction of any tense which uses being past participle Suppose if the sentence...