By Present tenses, Regards

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

Feebs11 wrote:Should you perhaps write this in one tense only? Present tense for a sense of immediacy; past tense as a reportive narrative? Clive is correct in changing the first sentence as follows: The firemen had arrived or arrived to fight the fire, which was spreading quickly. It was a...

The main problem with the sentence If he called, tell him I'll be back soon lies in the fact that when we are talking about somebody calling, then we presumably regard it as likely that the person will call, so we would use the present tense + ‘will’. The past tense is used for a hypothetical...

Grammar Geek wrote:I would agree with you Yoong Liat, if he the writer still does assume that. Perhaps he was talking about the assumptions he made when he began his spiritual journey? Grammar Geek As I have indicated, all the other verbs are in present tense, so I'm certain when the speaker...

British English it changes:Present tense - BeatPast simple- Beat Past Participle - BeatenUs English:Present Tense - Beat Past Simple - BeatPast Participle - BeatRegards.

Forbes wrote: A word about classifiers. I looked up "classifier" in my dictionary (a very good one) and it does not define it! I turned to dictionary.com and found the following definition: A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as counting, that...

Not bad at all for an English learner, KUrUs. Always capitalize the word 'I'. Commas go directly after a word, with the space after the comma. A period is followed by two spaces. I made most of the verbs in the present tense. I hope my corrections below will help. Hi Davkett You are...

1) According to the schedule, the conference starts at 10 am. Yes,this must have been the correct answer. Timetables/ programmes (future reference) --->> we use simple present tense The train leaves at 8.00. The lesson begins at 9.00. In exclamatory sentences There goes the...

Clive wrote: 1) “Second, even if one accepts (perhaps present tense?) that from the Skeptic’s point of view that the distinction in question is completely futile, I do not think this should prevent an interpreter with an interest in understanding the Pyrrhonean outlook from trying to determine...

Hi, I'll try para 1. 1) “Second, even if one accepts (perhaps present tense?) that from the Skeptic’s point of view that the distinction in question is completely futile, I do not think this should prevent an interpreter with an interest in understanding the Pyrrhonean outlook from trying to...