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CalifJim wrote:this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.whl626,A statement in the past tense does not imply the negation of the same statement in the present tense.See Post:379670.CJ I know but comparing the simple...

this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.whl626, A statement in the past tense does not imply the negation of the same statement in the present tense. See Post:379670. CJ

That was my sister's best friend, Carol. As used in your little dialog, this is a perfect example that saying was does not necessarily mean no longer is -- or, in more general terms, that the use of the past tense does not imply the negation of the present tense. CJ

No matter which tense or rephrasing you use, the ambiguity is still present, though maybe not as prominently. As GG says, you can just about always find a context in which a particular interpretation holds. Nevertheless, I agree that the ambiguity is less prominent in the rephrasings. But...

Hi redliddyI am not so sure what to say about your 'Others' group but the difference between 'Modals' and 'Semi-modals' is very clear. I have always called 'modals' defective auxiliaries, by the way, but I do know that your term is also used.With the modals you never use do in questions and...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Tense simplification means the future tense is not always unnecessary in sub clauses, and not that it is always wrong to use it. OK, if this is what you mean, this is a very convoluted definition, one which I would not use, with two negations in sequence (not,...

Let's assume that a quote precedes this so that we have a complete sentence. "***," Susan said, weary before the evening had even begun. Instances of the past perfect in a before-clause abound, in spite of the fact that they contradict the so-called rule that the past perfect always...

How to make that conversion ----- Determine which of the two sentences is the cause (or situation) and which is the result; place the cause first. Cause, situation: It was hot. Result: The match was cancelled. Write the cause in the "had" tense. Write the result in the "would have"...

I imagine that, even if you confine it to appearance expressions, you're going to run into trouble with when to use have and when to use has. Secondly, there's going to be a fuss over the question forms do ... have and does ... have. Then there's going to be a stumbling block with negations...

Hi I would like to know more about the use of "since" and "for" with the Present Perfect Simple. I have found that these expressions are mainly used in the Present Perfect Simple in order to show a continuous situation, (especially with stative verbs that most of the time are used only in the...