In Tenses^x, Verbs^x

I have a wonderful exchange language exchange partner. She is a woman from England. I sent to her a message that she never received. After learning that, I wrote back to her another e-mail relating what I had written. I wrote: I told you that I finally succeeded to make the pancakes. ...

An interesting assortment, thanks for finding them. "Do you have finished product but no way to promote?"-- In this one, 'finished' is an adjective modifying 'product', and the 'have' is the main verb, meaning possession. "What do you have finished, and what do you plan to finish?"-- This...

The aim is to give an idea of usage, but would it not be better to put the utterances into context? The only surety is that you should relax, Mandrake Thank you for the consideration of my health. One thing of note with the present continuous tense is that stative verbs are not...

Hello Nicolle, Miriam, and CalifJim Also for me, this was a very difficult point in English. I was explained it the same way as CalifJim did by my teacher once: Actually, I learnt that a question is answered in the same tense that was also used in the question; except for achievement...

I was really sorry to hear of the problems you have been experiencing with regard to your English tests, but I was glad to hear you got first place. Believe me, you are not the lone ranger. The same has happened to many of us. You can be idealistic and fight for the truth, or you can be...

(1) The traffic that had been jammed began to flow again. (2)"You'd better pay the wages, or I'll rescind your licence." (3)"My wages have not been paid for a year, and my boss doesn't want to give me them!" (or, 'give them to me') PS. the head of a city is called mayor, and the head...

But the word "practise" only exists in British English. If the student is learning American English, only "practice" will do for both noun and verb. My American Heritage Dictionary does not even have an entry for "practise".

"Practi c e" is right spelling of the noun. "Practi s e" is right spelling of the verb. Miriam

1. Jane and May are in class right now Names of people always have a capital letter There is more than one person in class - Jane and May, therefore it is plural. 2 Why do you live in this cold place? A question always ends with a question mark and has the verb to do in it ( You need to get...

Hi, Miriam. I have a few questions. I would appreciate your comments on them when you have the time. (It's nothing urgent. I don't want to interrupt your dialog with Pastel.) 1. > Did you really intend to include the verbs "wish", "order", and "urge"? They are the only ones in the list...