I can do that too. I could do that too. What the difference? Is could the past tense of can?

I cannot understand how a town hall can be broadcast/broadcasted. Was is the past tense in your "sentence". Both broadcast and broadcasted are correct as past participles. CB

Obama's town hall was not broadcast live across China on television.. Should it be broadcasted? Since it's past tense.

Hi, Should i use "have been" before wounded At least five US troops have been killed and two have been wounded in Baghdad bomb blast few days ago.

Wowenglish, The difference is only tense-wise: Past Continuous versus Past Simple. Since having one job of another is more of a state than an action, I'd recommend using the Past Simple tense (shared a job). Anton

Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

is Is closed an adjective in the sentence? Yes. There are many cases where you will find "ed" at the end of a word. It does not always mean "past tense". It could be an adjective. Present: The glass is large. Past: The glass

do we use it in the past to exprime future ?? I think you're asking, "Can we use would, could, or might with a past tense to express the future?" In that case the answer is "Yes, you can use them like that". Yesterday Jake

Sorry to butt in like this. I'm sure Clive will give his expert advice but let me try to explain it the way I see it (from a non native speaker's point of view). Regarding the New York sentence, since both the living/working