By Clauses, Simple present

In main clauses with time adverbials (tomorrow) we use simple present to denote something is certain to happen in the future.

As the invoice amount is incorrect, we return the invoice to you In main clauses, the simple present may suggest that a future event is certain to take place.

Spocik wrote:I have some problems with classifying this clause to future or present time. Please help me. This clause: I'm eating at the cafeteria with Cindy. Do you want to join us? |in the future| or |now|? One can use present tenses (present continuous and simple present) to...

Dear teachers, Would you please tell which sentences are wrong and why? 1 a) I feel better since I moved house.OK b) I am feeling much better since I have moved house.OK (if both are correct what would be the difference between them, please?) b) means you have recently moved...

Turkgokhan40 wrote: ............... many countries start paying more attention to the role of sports in life,many generations of youth will have grown up unaware of the uses of working up their bodies. A) While B) Before C) By the time D) During E) After I don't find an exact...

The present tenses (present (simple) and present progressive) can express future time in English, not just the will form. The idiom going to also expresses future time. She the television, I'll pay him, and not a minute sooner. (completion of a task) CJ

You want Could you also check the tenses? (Not with the adverb also between the verb and its object!) 1. Same tense sequence as I advised earlier. Sounds fine to me. 2. Sounds a little strange. I prefer Monday will be the first time I go there. (Simple present for scheduled...

When the main clause contains an imperative (Go ...), or a tense indicating future time (I'll go, I'm going, I go), a subordinate clause introduced by as soon as, once, or after may contain a simple present or present perfect tense with little difference in meaning. The present perfect simply...

Hi, I wonder if I can use the simple present in the main clause, before since (or as of). So which of the following sentences are acceptable? Duff Beer is the best beer in the US since 1930. Duff Beer has been the best beer in the US since 1930 (This I'm sure it's right. I'd like to know...

Thanks, milky, but can you(or anyone) provide more specifics on your comment? Does that make my examples grammatically incorrect? I'm honestly not sure I understand your comment anyway. The present simple is used to state repeated actions or state facts. If I am using a timetable to describe...