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I think I got it. "I heard of it before" means I heard of this news before in the past "I don't know it is for real" means I am not sure whether this news is real even though you have just told me that as a statement. All this while, I thought the only way to express doubt was by...

Dear teachers, Would you please tell which sentences are wrong and why? 1 a) I feel better since I moved house. OK b) I am feeling much better since I have moved house. OK (if both are correct what would be the difference between them, please?) b) means you have recently...

One general point, Waterworld. We don't often use the simple present tense with most verbs. For 'right now', we use the present continuous; the simple present is used mostly for habits and facts that are always true. 1. I demanded the money from/of my father. 2. The police demanded to...

Anonymous wrote: Drink is to drank. Drive is to drove. Wash is to washed ect? Could you please tell me what the 1 st word is, and what the second word is? Verb, adjective ect?? Many many thanks! Wash is to washed ect? ( etc , not ect ) All the words are verbs. The first is...

Clive, Why do we say 'I saw the boy fall and break his arm'? Why are the bold verbs in the simple present tense when the first verb 'saw' is in the simple past tense? Thank you for telling me that fall and break are the the 'bare' infinitive, ie the infinitive without 'to'. But I don't...

Hi, Why do we say 'I saw the boy fall and break his arm'? Why are the bold verbs in the simple present tense when the first verb 'saw' is in the simple past tense? These words, fall and break , are not present tense. They are the the 'bare' infinitive, ie the infinitive without 'to'. ...

Why do we say 'I saw the boy fall and break his arm'? Why are the bold verbs in the simple present tense when the first verb 'saw' is in the simple past tense?

Hi Manicku 1) Other than the fact that one is the simple present tense and the other is present continuous tense, the main difference to me is that " I'm looking forward to " sounds a little friendlier and " I look forward to " sounds a little more formal. 2) The phrasal verb "...

Hi Inch Would you agree that the sentence " I would prefer to swimming " is ungrammatical? Regarding the use of prefer , it would be better to use it in the simple present tense to talk about general, real preferences: Lynette prefers swimming to jogging. "Would prefer to"...

Turkgokhan40 wrote: .. many countries start paying more attention to the role of sports in life,many generations of youth will have grown up unaware of the uses of working up their bodies. A) While B) Before C) By the time D) During E) After I don't find an exact...