By Idioms, Past tenses

I don't think the "opportunity" meaning of "to get to do something" enters into this question, but rather "I've got to do something" meaning "I have to do something". I think that maybe only the British use the past tense of "I've got to do it": "I had got to do it" = "I had to do it". And...

Hey, you forgot about all the other things "do" could stand for, like: do. abbreviation for ditto. .do abbreviation: Dominican Republic (in Internet addresses). n. Music The first tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio. n. Slang pl. dos A hairdo. v. did, (dd) done, (dn) do·ing,...

Quite a range of idioms, Ms. Jandi. 1. 'He deserved/deserves it.' OK. (I like the past tense better; it is more in accord.) 2. 'He got his just deserts.' OK. 3. 'Now the truth has come home to him. /Now the truth has come home to roost.' (I am not sure which of these phrases you are...

1.How much water does that tank..........? a) comprise b) include c) consist d) contain (I'm not sure between 'comprise' and 'contain') "comprise" takes as its object(s) persons or things that are constituent parts. "That tank comprises a lot of water" says that a lot of water is a...

Hello Peter 1. You're right that it's either comprise or contain. Look again at the definitions. Which one is a 'doing' word and which one is a 'being' word? 2. Correct! 3. Look up 'desire for' again. What does it say? 4. You need a kind of word that can both take an object (the boat) and...

I think it’s saying something about the instant when we formed the opinion, some time in the past. Maybe if the album was open on the table and the photographs were topical, we’d use ‘like’. Of course, I can think of some kind of funny situation where I could use the past tense and literally mean...