By Numbers, Past tenses

Hi, I believe the current work should be in the present tense and my past work should be past tense. Yes. Let me offer a couple of general comments. You have much too much detail for each of your jobs. No-one wants too read all this. Reduce the number of points. Focus on your main...

Here's my take on the first one. I couldn't see the original. 1. To succeed in today’s high-tech business world, you need highly developed communications skills. - There is one style rule that says not to hyphenate with words that end in -ly. 2. You especially need writing and grammar skills,...

Hi, 1. People usually like to use past tense of 'forget',- forgot to make sentence. For example: A: Did you do the homework? B: OHH, I forgot to do it. Why person B used past tense, he should use present tense because he just realizes that he forgets to do homework, he didn't realize it before,...

Kilimanjaro wrote: Hello Cool Breeze, This sentence is taken from Michael SWAN's Practical English Usage. He says "might" can be used in such contextsHi KilimanjaroYes, I know it's from that book. You mentioned it in a previous post. I didn't say it was right or wrong in my opinion. I said I...

Dear Sushi*, I'm not a professional but as a reader you know I certainly have something to say. This is my personal opinion about your poem. Maybe it's right and maybe it's wrong. But it's really what I feel about what you wrote. Honestly, I like your poem a lot and I like the vocabulary you...

But since an economic boom in the 1980s, large numbers of rural Turks moved to the cities, forming a new Islamic middle class with its own wealthy elite. (NYTimes) Why the Simple Past Tense? Why not the Present Perfect?

Hi KooyeenWith the words already and just, we tend to use the simple past tense quite often in AmE.So, instead of "I've just called Jim." we'd usually say "I just called Jim". I'm really not sure if the use of the simple past tense in that sentence would sound at all odd to British ears, but I...

Anonymous wrote: I’m not sure when to use past tense and when to use past perfect tense. For number 1 and 2, my answers are met and went, but the correct answers are had met and had gone. Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks! Jack came home at twelve last night. He 1 (meet) a friend in...

Anonymous wrote: I’m not sure when to use past tense and when to use past perfect tense. For number 1 and 2, my answers are met and went, but the correct answers are had met and had gone. Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks! Jack came home at twelve last night. He 1 (meet) a friend in...

Anonymous wrote: I’m not sure when to use past tense and when to use past perfect tense. For number 1 and 2, my answers are met and went, but the correct answers are had met and had gone. Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks! Jack came home at twelve last night. He 1 (meet) a friend in...