By Articles, Present tenses

(a)The cobra has poisonous. NO The cobra ‘s teeth has poisonous. NO The cobra is poisonous. YES (b) He gave an injection to Ali. YES (c) During recess, they played (with) traffic games. No "with." I don't know what "traffic games" are, so I don't know if you're saying what you...

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Philip(f) When the weather / day (was) hot, she carries the umbrella.I don't understand why 'was' (past tense) goes with 'carries' (present tense). " ... she carries umbrella"? (Why is there no article?) Sorry! Two mistakes on my part. 'is' goes with 'carries'. I...

Hi Philip(f) When the weather / day (was) hot, she carries the umbrella.I don't understand why 'was' (past tense) goes with 'carries' (present tense)." ... she carries umbrella"? (Why is there no article?)

Taka wrote:Remember, just because the modal verb 'would' appears in the main clause, this doesn't mean that the verb in the if clause must be in the subjunctive if the content of that clause is not presupposed to be false.The above is related to the following example sentence: He would always...

Interesting points. I'm an ESL teacher in TN and found your article by doing a search on using "the present tense to express routine." I've been thinking about doing more drills that tie together the present tenses, not just simple present, but emphatic (if that's what you call it), and...

Hi, Let us say that I am trying to write a simple and short script and you have some instructional comments/remarks in parentheses to instruct an actor or actress to consider when they are acting out the script. These are commonly called 'stage directions'. What is the guideline for that? I...

Yes I faced with such usage too.But you can see this in newspaper articles and while you are listening to a soccer game from the radio.Also when one of my native friends tells me a story she uses present tense.I think it is either used like that in the specific usages or there is a much better...

Massacre proceeds rapidly and is indiscriminate.Perfectly acceptable - it means Massacre proceeds rapidly and massacre is indiscriminate.Massacre is indiscriminate with its rate of progress being rapidProbably needs a comma, to separate the main statement from the additional information. For...

Hi, there is / will be (both possible?) two weeks’ delay before we get X / the new stock. Would you please tell my why you prefer the future to the present tense? Because the delay will occur in the future (ie during the next two weeks). Best wishes, Clive

Dear teachers, Would you please tell my why you prefer the future to the present tense? Best regards