By Tenses, Commas

Hello, Jessica. You correctly flagged this sentence as being incorrect: 1. If the mother is not happy, neither would be the child. The problem with the speaker is simply stating that if A is true, B is also true. Hence the use of "will", not "would". The simplest way of making this point...

1) The "has" is required because it shows that it's a present perfect tense, ie. Jones denied using drugs in the past and at present, is still denying it. It's a repetition and continuation of the verb (denied) from the past to the present. If you say "Jones consistently denied", it implies that...

The words "have" and "had" appear one after the other when using the present or future perfect tense with "have" as a main verb. Example: I have had a bad cold for days. By next month, he will have had that car for two years. In your two sentences the main verb is "suffer". Therefore the "had"...

hi bubu - I've been away for a few days.. I guess you just want this proof-reading? I don't think it needs much alteration. I'm assuming it is meant to serve as a book-review? I've made suggested alterations and annotated them in brackets. "This is one of those books intended to while away a...

"Too" is used in positive sentences to add an agreeing thought. It has the same meaning as "also," but its placement within the sentence is different: Also: I was also there. (right after the verb to be) I can also speak French. (after the modal verb) I also speak French (before tany other...

Tee hee. Re Darth Vader. Yup, his waiting has ended, but he's still using the right tense. Of the alternatives, "I had been waiting for you" would have implied that the waiting had ended in the past, and "I am waiting for you" would have implied that Luke hadn't arrived yet. Okay, here goes on...

You don't need the commas, but apart from that yes. (The comma between "wonderfully" and "intense" definitely shouldn't be there, by the way - at least, not if you want "wonderfully" to modify "intense"). Rommie

No fragments here, but your sentenses are unclear because of confusing commas and capitalizations. I assume you mean this: "The sites were either rural Indian reservations or urban, which in San Francisco turned out to be quite multicultural. We would work at day camps or do a Kid's Club." ...

Hello, June. I can point out some improvements for these sentences. 1. In the first sentence, you begin with the past progressive ("was studying"). That implies action that has not yet finished. Then you move on to the past perfect ("had known"). It is not possible for the past perfect to...