Dear Marius, Don't have any evidence to back this up, but here's my take. I believe it's common to draw a distinction between open and hypothetical conditionals. I personally find the difference hard to wrap my head around, but

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For the following question, I did ask my friend who is native speaker once and his answer confuse me. I asked him: Can the sentence 'I was wondering maybe you want to go to beach with me while the beach is stilll shine?' Be use because 'was

From the following sentences: Marcus: Darrel, did you meet John? Has he eaten his dinner? a) Darrel: Yes I did. He says he has eaten his dinner. b) Darrel: Yes I did. He said he has eaten his dinner. c) Darrel: Yes I did. He said he had

What’s the difference between these two sentences? I read both in a dictionary and I’m confused. She wasn’t used to him away but she soon got used to it. Now she is used to seeing him once in a year. She didn’t use to him away but she soon got

Andrew Sasak biomed: "The kettle "had been" put on" has a different meaning from "The kettle "has been" put on. So is this another tense? Ahh! All in favor of Esperanto say "jes." Actually the questions

On 29 Oct 2004 13:31:51 -0700, "Andrew Sasak" OK Andrew, we may need to roll up our sleeves on this one... Not being previously educated about the difference between the two, Nobody who's a native speaker of English learns this stuff

Not being previously educated about the difference between the two, trusting my instinct would have meant what sounds better, which isn't always right. (For example, "dove" sounds better than "dived" as the past tense of

1. Possible. 2. Not really. In this example, since you used the word 'already', a present perfect tense is preferred. Note, however, it is not always true that 'already' must be connected to 'perfect tense'. If you wish to use simple past,

There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I