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Hey fellas I have a question. I'm preparing for my english grammar exam and there's a question that keeps annoying me in one of the older exam papers. 1. Comment on the use of the present tense in the sentences below a)Peter lives in a somewhat run-down area close to Islington. What...

Oh Yes, I do, What about, in this case, we have to make a decision to choose the wrong part in such a TOEIC question?

I see. So the project was started by the other researchers first. Then we started working on that too. We then received phones calls from them because they had been working on that for a while. Using continuous tense is clearer than past tense, am I right?

Thank you very much Grammar Geek,but to be frank ,I'm still confused aout the use of' Would' here.Can we use WILL instead of WOULD in #1 ?and why don't they use WILL in # 2?Similarly your sentence is " If the candidate has such proficiency, it would be preferable .Why not...

Present: until it stops or until it has stopped are used almost indifferently. Past: until it stopped or until it had stopped are used almost indifferently. In each case the first is more commonly used. The second might be used when the action unfolds over a longer period of time, but not...

No, my understanding this time is right. Then I believe this part of my grammar book must be wrong. I'd really like to ask further into this question. Allow me to write a new post to discuss it. Thank you, Mr. Wordy. You've helped me a lot!

Hello, Mr. Wordy, may I ask one more question? One of my grammar boooks gives the following interpretation: It's a long time since he lived there. (It suggests "He does not live there for a long time.") It's a long time since he has lived there. (It suggests...

. You are printing a certificate which states a factual event in historical time. The verb tense you use has nothing to do with when you conceive, print or present the certificate. Use the simple past with the date service began and the date service finished.

Hello, I am the one who posed the original question (not anonymous now). Mr. Micawber, you chose "He provided service from August 2006 to August 2008". Is this necessarily wrong, "He has provided service since August 2006" ? We are printing the award in July, so, it is not a...

Hi, I was listening to some types of speeches and have some questions. 1.When someone says this, does he have to make it known that it is quoted? Not if he doesn't want to. Such 'rules' are not governed by grammar. A teacher, for example, may insist that a student identify every...