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mbouti has a point here. The crazy tenses in the OP excerpt set the present tense as the time when TR was/is six years old watching Lincoln's funeral procession. Therefore, the equivalent should be, "who would one day become his second wife" would be equal to, "who is one day...

These are my answers and I hope you'll correct the wrong ones. ..am reading.. works see are you speaking to don't know comes likes does Tom usually have..? leaves does May do...? goes go is ringing falls is changing is getting comes is growing grows are leaving leave is taking changes...

Hi,We usually don't use 'feed' when speaking of liquids.She gives her cat some milk.She gives her cat something to drink twice.Vincent, Mr. Micawber suggested that you try to use a variety of other tenses in your examples. That was good advice, because people get very tired of...

Hello everyone! I need your help. One of my books contains the following examples of the reported speech:1) "Why is the world round?"asked the little girl.The little girl wanted to know why the world was round.2) "Smoking is bad for you", the teacher told us.The teacher...

Hello everyone! I need your help. One of my books contains the following examples of the reported speech:1. "Why is the world round?" asked the little girl.The little girl wanted to know why the world was round.2. "Smoking is bad for you", the teacher told us.The teacher...

Thank you all. I understand the difference now. But I am wondering whether the simple present tense in the IF-clause shows more certainty than WILL. For example:I'll resign if it helps the republicans.Do you think that the three forms are all acceptable?I'll resign if it helps the...

As is the case with British English, whether an American uses the simple present or the present perfect often simply depends on how the speaker is viewing a past activity. That said, when either tense is possible according to the "usual rules", I think there is a noticeable tendency...

In reported speech you can use the simple present tense after a verb in the past tense if what follows is still true. 3. He told her she has to bring her homework tomorrow. (Fine. If he told her today, then it is correct to say that she has to bring her homework tomorrow.) All the other...

. If I asked you to do me only one kindness, Vincent, it would be to avoid the simple present tense. It makes most of your sentences slightly unreal. Do you think that you could do that for me in the future, Vincent? Just one simple thing-- use a different tense and aspect. Use past or...

Let us recast the sentence in direct speech, that is, you are speaking to Mark, "When you arrive (simple present tense is most suitable here - I wonder you can use any other tense), we shall/will go out for dinner."When you turn that into an indirect speech, the sentence will become,...