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Pastsimple wrote: Hi, one of the questions you can often find in a questionnaire is "What is your greatest achievement?" People use different grammar structures/tenses etc. when they're answering, e.g.: gerund: losing weight / surviving a tough childhood / etc... present perfect: (that)...

I wanted to confirm my own understanding of and present perfect and found this: EXAMPLES: I have seen that movie many times. I have never seen that movie. NOTE: When you are using a verb tense with more than one part such as Present Perfect (have seen), adverbs usually come between the first...

Marius Hancu wrote: J Lewis wrote: Incho suggested earlier. This will be the last time I have posted here. In fact we use the Present Perfect with first, second time, etc. but not with last time. So the original sentence is correct. Incho rightly states that the addition of...

J Lewis wrote: Incho suggested earlier. This will be the last time I have posted here. In fact we use the Present Perfect with first, second time, etc. but not with last time. So the original sentence is correct. Incho rightly states that the addition of "will" (or "going to",...

Hi, The format still does not seem quite right, but I'll try to comment. I'm commenting based on the format that people use here where I live. Put your name /address / phone / email at the top, as a heading. Then put these sections, in this order: OBJECTIVE (what position you are...

Buzel wrote: You may not use any of Future tenses after "when". So, though the meaning is future, you must use the Present Perfect. This is not a mandatory rule. It's something which is often done (thus, to me, optional), per Swan. It's tense simplification where in...

Agony is a bit more general, it means distress, anguish (which indicate mostly mental sufferance) also: ----- ag·o·ny Function: noun Inflected Form(s): -es Etymology:Middle English agonie, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French agonie, from Late Latin...

Anonymous wrote: I realized how exhausted I was, and how little I was looking forward to what LAY ahead. Is this correct? What should this be? Thanks! Hope this article helps ..... LANGUAGE CORNER Lie, Lay, and All That Lie This to Rest? BY EVAN JENKINS No, of course...

Hi, I went to a ceramic park yesterday. There are a lot of loess dolls at the park. Idon't know what a ceramic park is, nor what a loess doll is. Did you spell 'loess' correctly? I wrote about them. Could you read and correct them for me? Thank you very much....

Do you think the Singapore Idol judges are being mean to the contestants? Yes, they are trying too hard to imitate Simon Cowell 46% 1577 votes Maybe, but the contestants deserved it 22% 754 votes Not at all, this is show...