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Hi,Another way to look at 'I was . . . ' is to consider that it is Simple Past tense. If your listener is influenced by the grammar they are hearing from you, they will expect a past-related statement, eg"If Tom was a millionaire . . . he certainly didn't tell me when I met him...

Hi all,This is my first post, and i really hope someone can help me here.I was writing this piece, when it suddenly struck me that there seems to be little tense consistency in my writing.For example, consider this (just a contrived piece):"Nick sat down, thinking about all that had...

Hi, how to change these underlined finite sub-ordinate clauses to non finite sub-ordinate clauses? and can anyone check on what have I done? Are they in correct forms?Are you sure you just want to focus on subordinate clauses? See my comments below. 1. The robber clutched the moneybag in his hand...

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1. The use of the indefinite article implies that more than one shop are involved. On second thought, I'm trying to envisage a conversation with "it's a little shop of my own"... Perhaps it could be used even if you have only one. People don't always go by the book (= the...

.Say these: "Hi everyone, I feel good" "I feel good today" "I feel " "He died for his country. He was a good soldier." -- He is dead, therefore he 'was'. "I saw him run away" -- 'run' is an infinitive: I saw him run, I...

Hi all!I have questions on grammar that I would like to ask you. I find it hard to use past-tense in my conversation with others. I am not sure when to use it. I am comfortable in using "saw" to communicate for the things that I have seen. But I am not comfortable in using...

They are all correct. For lengthier discussions with lots of examples of the use of the past perfect tense after before, see Re: before past perfect tense , past tense and Re: Past Simple or Past Perfect. This is a common pattern for expressing "interruptive relationships" between...

Hi Nokia,Personally speaking, There are basic rules which we must remember; like 3rd singular and tense rules etc..After we familiarize with these basic rules, they become your platform on which you build your English on. A lot of what we've learned come from reading, listening from qualified...

I guess that someone with a better knowledge of English grammar could pick fault with it but, as a native English speaker, I can't see anything wrong with it. It reads OK and it makes sense. The tenses look right to me.I think it's possible to be too pedantic!