By Word order, Tenses

I always thought it was a remnant of the French (Norman Invasion, 1066). There is a handful of verbs in French conjugated with "to be" rather than "to have" in the passé composé (past) tense. Rise, born, arrive, leave, go (all "coming and going" verbs) are some examples. We also sing "He is...

Which tense is more common/correct and why? The more common and correct forms are those where the tenses match. thought and was wondering are past tense forms, so use past tense with them. thought ... wanted thought ... hated was wondering ... was was wondering ... liked By the way,...

"What is the time?" I'm not a native, and, when enquiring about the time, I always say "What time is it", not "What is the time?" Direct speech: "What time is it?" Reported speech in the past : He asked what time it was. Otherwise: He asked: "What time is it?", no shift in tenses because it's...

The first sentence has the correct tense but the word order would be better as: They currently have 2 checking accounts open with our institution.

Mister Micawber wrote:George Bernard Shaw said the best English in the world was spoken in Ireland, or at least in DublinI don't suppose that has anything to do with his being born there, eh Clive?Seriously: no offense intended. I did not mean to associate my two statements. The language's...

Hi again, No you can't. You have not made your tense correctly at all. The voice (active/passive) is unclear, and your word order is wrong. Try again, if you want to! Best wishes, Clive

1. I would either say, "A restrictive appositive is not set off by a comma." or "Restrictive appositives are not set off by commas." 2. It would be correct to phase this, "Is it still OK?" Perhaps easiest to understand if you change the word order like it was not a question, such as, "It...

The semantics of the tenses often depends on which specific verb is involved, but in general, the continuous tenses (where permitted) imply activity over a period of time or the repetition of an act over a period of time. They are generally more descriptive of a situation than the...

Oh, it's "formal" indeed. I clean forgot this word. Clive, I don't mind any your comments! Honestly, now I am confused why I was sure that you know it! sounds odd whereas other such phrases don't. Is there any ways by means of which I can find out whether present tense may be used or not in a...

Hi Diddy, Here is the piece with errors corrected, and a couple of amendments made to make the style better. All in all it looked very good, there are a couple of expressions in which the correct preposition is not obvious, you just have to know these I'm afraid! One point is that King or Queen...