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Hi, I think I can understand you, in principle at least, because in Japanese the future tense is not morphologically grammaticalised yet (in passing I'm Japanese). We use when in need the form for , with future temporal adverbials. From a diachronic perspective, however, some verbal forms...

Yours is a rather general question,Guest. Let me start you off my saying that future time is referred to in a number of ways in English: She will marry me next year. She's going to marry me next year. She's marrying me next year. She's to marry me next year. She marries me next year. ...

With some form of to be the predicate might be: -a noun (phrase): The problem is my inability to swim. -an adjective: The problem is enormous. -a progressive tense verb: We are getting richer every day. I have been reading this book every day. Number 1 is grammatically correct: ...

Sir, I would like to reproduce the rules given for "PRESENT PERFECT" in the grammer book for the benefit of English Leaners like me. PP Usage: This tense may be said to be a sort of mixture of present and past. It always implies a strong connexion with the present. I - The PP used is...

Hello Roro Does this sentence sound odd to you? Just from a curiosity. As no native speaker has answered to your question, I will show you the numbers of Google's hits for two sentences. The Earth is revolving around the Sun. 307 I don't know whether the sentence #2 is...

Here is a humorous compilation of expressions set in Essex pronunciation. ESL/EFL students-- the misspellings represent the native pronunciation; see if you can figure out the actual words meant: A -Z of Essex English: ASSA COMMONS - Our Parliament Building. ART ATTACK - Extremely...

I got 50 in TSE the first time I took it. How did I do it? Practise! Practise!. I practised by recording my voice on a tape recorder whilse commenting on general issues and possible topics. After that, I listen to it and make all the necessary corrections. I found out from friends who had...

A finite verb is any form of the verb which is inflected and marked for tense, number and person. e.g. "I do, he does, you do." In other words, a finite verb is one which has a subject, and it can be the main verb in a sentence. Nonfinite forms of the verb are used with a finite form of...

The Grammar Book ... in English modal auxiliaries (can, may, shall,will, etc.) are distinguished from other auxilairy verbs (be, have, do) as well as from ordinary verbs by their lack of tense ... In English, modals are derived from verbs that DID carry tense and take agreement markers...

I think I understand it now, thx for the explanation abbie . Just one more question about your first example - Lemon and Jack have learned some grammar: I would have used past tense, would that be wrong or would that just have another meaning? Because you said that they learned it in the past but...