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I'd say they're interchangeable. The present continuous implies that he's done well over a longer period of time, but the simple present implies that this is the very latest news. The "so far" seems like a hedge. That is,
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Here's how it should be:
Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he were alive .
Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he had not died earlier this year .
There are a
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anonymous
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Hello there! I need your help to correct this translation... It is pretty urgent cause I need to send it in two days. I put some alternatives and comments in brackets and parentheses . Thank you so much in advance ! -- For Kids of Today Chicken
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35 days ago
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Would you please be so kind as to correct this little text for me? I put some alternatives and comments in brackets and parentheses. I need this text to be corrected in two days! Thank you so much in advance! -- For Kids of Today Chicken Has Six
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anonymous
35 days ago
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The verbs in your sentences have different tenses. I bet I stopped listening before you did . bet = simple present tense stopped = simple past tense did = simple past tense (The word "did" is used as a replacement for
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Hi Anon Part of your difficulty might be due to the fact that you have some typos/errors in your sentences. I'm at your dad ' s house. Are you Brittany's brother. You add an apostrophe and an S ( 's ) to the end of a noun to
ESL General English Grammar Questions
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yankee
38 days ago
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For the third person singular, use s .
It's pronunciation will depend on what comes before it: voiced consonant or vowel /z/; unvoiced consonant /s/.
animals, cows; pets
For a word ending in /s/ or /z/ sound , use es
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Sadr: I think you can get a full explanation by googling. In short, I believe that it has to do with the history of the language in England. Many years ago, in some parts of England, some people used "s" for the third person, such as
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anonymous
39 days ago
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why have we to use s or es in simple present? Thanks for your answer, Mo
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These are two different present tenses: simple present and present continuous. They're often interchangeable, but "to do your homework" is a one time act, which will be completed. "To be doing your homework" means
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