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Dear Thank you for your comment of my English sentences. Would you please explain why I can not use "supplied" of past tense instead of "supplies" on one of the sentence showing below. "He was a senior researcher for a dairy products company which supplies us milk,...

Hi, Here are some more questions: 1. "While we cleaned the windows, they swept the floor." Do the two activities sound short or what does it emphasize? Your answer: No. They just sound complete Does 'complete' mean 'finish' or what else here? Yes, finished. ...

it is actually 'any convenience which  this caused' but you have elipsed the relative subordinator which .  It looks like caused is the past tense (it is in the relative clause), but it is actually the past participle once the subject and relative subordinator are removed.  This is...

we apologise for any inconvenience caused. This sentence above is right? The word caused above is appeared as past tense or past participle?

The actions you cited if written in infinitive form indicates that they will be carried out in the future, is it right? We use the past tense for a reported speech because we record what have been discussed or said. The time of recording is emphasized because we will report it to the other...

The actions you cited if written in infinitive form indicates that they will be carried out in the future, is it right? We use the past tense for a reported speech because we record what have been discussed or said. The time of recording is emphasized because we will report it to the other...

I'd describe the secretary's use of other than past tenses in these three cases as "discretionary." Would be let ; was being made ; would be completed , are all fine. For practical purposes, the secretary may view his work as a record for posterity, or he may be thinking in...

hello, "The chairman of the building committee reported that bids will be let on the new construction in January." You tell what happened in the meeting. The chairman gave his report. PAST TENSE. What did he report? He reported that progress is being made . PRESENT...

Does it have to be in past tense like "if I gave some money, I wouldn't be able t buy a gift for my niece (this evening)"? No, it doesn't. I am uneasy about what to do with the time phrase "this evening". It doesn't seem to go well with the previous "past...

Hi, I think I have used a sentence similar to the underlined one in a similar context as the one below to ask a question. Yesterday, I was in an open-air restaurant with some friends at a table. I saw a pan handler coming in. The management or waiters didn't see him. He was asking for money....