By Simple present, Grammar

Hi JacksonThe sentences in your first group sound more emphatic and/or more formal than the sentences in your second group. The grammar is fine in all of them.However, the ability to use either 1a or 1b grammatically would be extremely limited due to the use of the simple present tense and the...

Hi SeekOfPeace,You have the internet, it means you have all the things you need ( Maybe this sounds exaggerated.)Why dont you try googling with some keywords like: grammar, tense, simple present...ect. You would be amazed how much you get from it.

Well actually I made a mistake when opposing he has played tennis since he was a child and he has been playing tennis since he was a child. In that case both tenses are correct. But in the following example, unless I am mistaken, you cannot use the simple present perfect :He's been washing...

Grammar Geek wrote: He has played tennis since he was a child sounds fine to me. Jim, do you see a problem with this? If you want to say that he no longer plays (either because he no longer wants to, or because he is dead and unable to) then He played tennis from the time he was a child. (No...

Look Yileililly, u can use this link http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon.htm.

New2grammar wrote: Marius Hancu wrote:The photo was taken/shot (taking a picture with a camera).The photo was takingworks only in contexts such as:The photo was taking a lot of space in the newspaper. Can I say the following: The photo takes/took a lot of space in the newspaper. I dont see...

I second Grammar Geek's opinion. I'm not a native speaker of English, but I went to college in the U.S., and from tons of school e-mails w/ attachments I got when I was in college, I can say that I don't think I've ever seen the simple present form 'I attach' used in an e-mail. The most frequent...

Grammar Geek wrote: But how do you attach physical pieces of paper to an e-mail? They are actually files or images attached to the the e-mail. I would write it as "I have attached" or "I am attaching" - the use of the simple present seems odd. Oh dear! Am I getting very old overnight?...

Clive wrote: but how come that in the following example we can use the simple present ? I am here for two hours. Without a context, it's hard to know if this grammar conveys the person's meaning. I wonder if she means 'I have been here for two hours' (eg I arrived at 2pm and I am speaking at...

Hi Hela, I know that normally we should use the past (simple or perfect) with the adverb "for" This is not a good way to think about it. eg I will be here for two hours is fine. but how come that in the following example we can use the simple present ? I am here for two hours. Without a...