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Hi Does concern suppose to have ed on it and why is not past tense concerned parent You can make an adjective from a verb by using the form of the past participle eg Mary cooked dinner lt lt lt verb The cooked dinner is on the table lt lt lt adjective So in concerned parents you need to put ed...

I recently had a discussion about lie lay lie So let me revise this a bit ah Lie Lay Lie There are two meanings of lie 1 to rest and 2 to be dishonest Lay means to put something down To make this easier compare lie 1 with sit It refers to a person e g I think I ll go lie down Why don t you go lie...

Since it describies a specific situation using Past Tense instead of Simple Present could sound better likeWe met Mike the over talker and Scott the stutterer amongst the other six men Simple Presnet Tense is used to describe habits and routines Someone else could help us with more logical...

Hi why is there a ed at the end of punish if the sentence seem to be in the future because of the word if doesn t sount like past tense in this sentence If I break the law I should be punished Let s remove the modal should and simply say If I break the I will be punished I will be punished is...

Thanks for your help Grammar Geek I use let as a past tense How about the Administrative Committee let buses stop 100m down from the base of mountain so that tourists may have difficulty in approaching the hotels

1 Your grammar is not complete present perfect serves other purposes than something happened or never happened before now or some time in the past which sounds to me more like a definition of the simple past tense Present perfect by definition includes an action condition continuing from the...

Chrismlangan wrote Jim upset confused and intoxicated stands up and throws his bar stool halfway across the bar nearly missing a a crowd of partiers by inches Thanks I feel the sentence would make more sense if it is in past tense Jim feeling upset confused and intoxicated stood up and threw his...

Hi One thing that tells us the simple past tense is correct is that those who advocate otherwise at preposterous length cannot even avoid elementary grammatical blunders in their own writings The simple past tense is correct People who say it is incorrect often make simple grammar mistakes...

1 We usually use present continuous tense refers to something happening right at this moment Here are two sentences from my grammar book A few artists live in town today A few artists are living in town today What does the second sentence mean here I think the first one is definitely accepted in...

Kilimanjaro wrote Bokeh wrote Kilimanjaro wrote a In those days a man might have been hanged for stealing a sheep b In those days they might have hanged a man for stealing a sheep Your sentences are wrong because they are refering to the past but your use of might is present Its not my sentence...