By Simple past, Prepositions

Nomad04 wrote: Hi, all.Could you please check the following sentences up?Are they OK? 1) Can we rely on his installing all our equipment correctly?2) I object to his installing our equipment.3) The success of our project absolutely depend on her reacting to our proposal. 4) Situation: A...

Hello　Optimus 'Since' is a preposition/conjunction to indicate a time point at which a time duration begins. Because in English, an event occurring at a time point in the past is commonly expressed in the past tense, <since past> is grammatically better than <since present perfect>....

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

Hello Mr Pedantic. You write: "So I would read your sentence thus: 1. is not true." And earlier, in your previous post: “You can rephrase the sentence as follows: 1. I didn't stop (walking) until I had reached the top. 2. I didn't: stop (walking) until I had reached the top. 3. It is not...