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This has nothing to do with acting or actors. The expression "it's time" is normally followed by a clause in the past tense. It can also be followed by a clause in the present tense, but the past tense is more common. Whichever tense is used, the meaning is the same. This turn of phrase is a...

Could someboy help me with the following sentences? 1) I can’t believe you could simply give up your job like that after only have worked for one week. You should have thought about how the media industry works(worked???) before you got the job. Is the clause 'how the media industry works'...

Sir, modal verb "could" can be used in present tense and future also. Please give me an example showing the use of "could" in present time(except request) and an example for future time. Thanks.

One should not call a building, site, district, or event “historical.” I would not go so far, Floral. A 'historical district' could be a district that no longer exists; for instance the three parts of ancient Gaul. 'Do you mean "Waterloo", London station, or "Waterloo," historical...

Re: General George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: CUSTER'S LAST STAND. 'Says I' is a dated or dialectical alternative to 'I say', when a dialogue is being promulgated in the present tense. 'It's the walking ticket for me' means 'I'm leaving' (='I have a ticket to walk away').

What’s the difference between these two sentences? I read both in a dictionary and I’m confused. She wasn’t used to him away but she soon got used to it. Now she is used to seeing him once in a year. She didn’t use to him away but she soon got used to it. Now she is used to seeing him once in a...

Hi MrP, assuming that you might take a look at these sentences. If you have no background in philosophy, how do you know about Sextus Empiricus? Well, here are some other doubts I have: 1) "This is the only passage of A's work which presents the notion of philanthropy as the key to the...

Hello Hanuman In the first two sentences, all the action takes place in the past. Therefore all the verbs are in past tenses. I think the third sentence should read 'They were in danger but now they are safe'. If this is correct, the sentence contrasts the present state of 'they' with the...

Hello, I am very confuse about the infinitive tense, such as without to , I had read a grammar book which state never use to for such verb such as make, feel,see hear, eg as follow: (I knew if we add to infront of all these verb, it make no sense ,It is all these verb are special verb, whenever...

I would use 'is' as Martin is quoting Peter, who was speaking in the present tense. He is from Greece. If he 'was' from Greece, it could be taken to mean that he no longer lives there. Martin is reporting a conversation that happened in the past, but the fact the Peter lives in Greece, is...