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I agree with your analyses of 1.& 2., but I don't hear them as mutually exclusive. 1. could still be a single telling and 2. could still be multiple tellings - but the inference is as you suggest. Re #3, I get the feeling there's a third point in time which would have been made...

Yes, English speakers prefer sticking to the simple past in this context. But do would be allowed, with the meaning you give . But one would have to have a double take/look at the sentence, and that's not recommended.

GG already commented but as far as being “have to be” as you said, I would loosely say “no”. It would be absolutely ok to say either “I have sent you many letters in the past 3 months but I didn’t hear / haven’t heard a word from you at all ”. Of course, Keeping the context in parallel...

Hello New Guest, I really understand what you are looking for because when I was at intermediate level, I was questioning everything like you and interested in thinking every sentence in detail. Past perfect tense was my favourite.I questioned and thought about its usage for years because it...

. Both are grammatically correct. In your letter you wish to make the point that you completed the application, not that it is still in process (since you acknowledge that a reapplication is anticipated)-- therefore, use simple past tense. It is more forthright here.

Hi, I suggest that you begin by explaining or reviewing how to make the Simple Past and Simple Present tenses, looking first at statements and then at questions. If your student does not have a clear grasp of that, you will just get a constant stream of errors. Then you can deal with the...

Hi, I seemed you in last post. I give you again :"yes, I was asked to compare and contrast" - why "was asked"?-which tense is it ? I was asked ... This is Simple Past tense in Passive voice. Here's another example. Dinner was cooked (by Mary). Best wishes,...

Hi, When we deal with one single event that occured in a specific time in the past, use the simple past tense. We use 'past perfect' to show sequence of events that happened in the past. Given two events , A and B, both happened and were over in the past, A first then B - we use...

Hi, I would appreciate any help to explain in grammatical terms why the following sentence doesn't work: * I didn't talked to Simon on Sunday. Is it because a past simple verb cannot follow another past tense? It is obviously incorrect, but I'm not sure how to explain this...

I want to confirm one more thing. Present Tense Simple Past Tense may might run ran come came Can I group 'might' as past tense of 'may' as shown above? If so, 'might' can be to the past tense of 'may'....