By Tenses, Paragraphs

.Its versatility assists me adeptly in studies.-- The computer assists, not the versatility; 'adept' is for people.And wrought mean shaped, so why its wrong here ? -- It is the wrong tense.connected is wrong word? -- The verb should be passive in aspect.wavy mean twisted cables , thats...

Thanks, Goodman. I agree with you. I would like to borrow your last paragraph for a discussion. I'm interested in how the tense switching happens.Thanks, everyone for trying to help. As most said, it's a legal question and only can be answered by a legal expert. Sorry for the poor question.

I mean starting out an essay in one tense and switching to another, sometimes in the same paragraph. It's fine in a colorful story about tossing your grandma's cornstarch in a dumpster, but not in a formal analysis of, oh, Russian propaganda techniques during the second World War.

Another Ordinary Night It was just another ordinary night at Al's bar. An unlucky fly paced up and down the window, looking for escape. While Al poured in some coffee for the lady and man laughly loudly having loud laughters audiable outside the bar if they are outside the bar, why is he...

The past perfect tense serves only to place a narration in the "more distant past," without determining its particular time or duration, as follows: "He had risen early that morning and had drunk coffee earlier than usual. – Wikipedia. There are many ways to express an idea. Why...

I think New2grammar said that, to him, a past perfect always precedes a present. It seems that is not always correct, isn't it?? CalifJim wrote: To be sure, I think we'd need at least one paragraph that precedes this sentence. Maybe the first part about the dogs should have read...

Here are the preceding and following paragraphs. It turns out that each paragraph is one sentence long. I'm not sure they shed much light on the situation. In March, search crews found indications that human remains could be buried within a few yards of the ranch in Death Valley in...

To be sure, I think we'd need at least one paragraph that precedes this sentence.Maybe the first part about the dogs should have read The sites had first been identified ..., but the author simplified the tense to the simple past because it was clear from context that the dogs were first and...

Here is the paragraph, The feast: 18,000 BCWorried about the preparation for her feast, Lala quickly turned for home with her collection of nuts and fruit. It was the custom of family groups to separate and then gather again at different sites for reunions as they followed the animal herds...

Sorry to have confused all of you. My statement"I thought *only* simple present was correct, but I thought wrong. I now know that both present tense and past tense are possible" was only referring to the sample sentence given by Jim(a) "My professor said that spiders are (were...