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Doll wrote: My try: He is the first man to go there. This means both past and present tense. If you think it as a present tense, it has more plan in it. However, "will" doesn't have a meaning of plan. There is no need to say he was the first to do something to make ...is to do... past....

Hi NGUntil we will progress isn't good because the future tense is not normally used in temporal subordinate clauses. Until we progress is all right. Have progressed is possible. I don't see much actual difference between the present tense and the perfect in this sentence.CB

tell, tells, say, and says are present tense. told and said are past tense. See Post:323493. See Post:282387. CJ In the future, please register and start a new thread with the Post button. Don't append unrelated material to another post. Thanks.

Hi Jhaeden, First of all, the first sentence is in the past tense where the second one is in the simple present tense. I think the difference between them lies in their use .. for example, consider the following conversation: A1: I think we should bring some actor to surprise him in his...

1. We usually use present continuous tense refers to something happening right at this moment. Here are two sentences from my grammar book: A few artists live in town today. A few artists are living in town today. What does the second sentence mean here? I think the first one is definitely...

Hena wrote:I know might is less stronger than may; can we also say "could" is less probable than "might" ?The difference between "could" and "might" is that "could" can form an indicative, standalone, simple past tense of the present tense form "can" whereas the standalone "might" forms the...

Hi, For the script for a play, what is the difference between an "Act" (eg, Act 1, Act 2, etc.) and a "Scene" (eg, Scene 1, Scene2, etc.)? It seems Scenes come under Acts in a script. Also, I think when you are writing instructions in a script, they are usually written in the present tense like...

Tomer wrote:Can someone clear up when to use "have" and when "did"cause i'm always doubtful when to use "have" and "did"For example: Why haven't you said it earlier?while Why didn't you said it ealier sounds perfectly right? Why haven't you said it earlier? When we use 'has' or 'have', the...

MyShirley wrote: Can 'want' be used in the present perfect? E.g.1) I have wanted to achieve this goal. (Okay) E.g. 2) I want to achieve this goal. (Okay) Are the two sentences correct? What is the difference between them? Thanks The difference between the above two sentences is that in...

The word Remember, according to a dictionary, has two primary verb definitions. The first is the process of storing data in your memory, which is the antonym of “forget.” The second definition is the process of recovering lost data – information you once remembered and then forgot; in that sense,...