By Grammar, Simple past

Hela wrote: Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . wow! I remember genitive as a Latin case...

MarvinTheMartian wrote:For instance, in the following dialogue, would you say "I took" or "I've taken": A: Where's my favorite coffee mug? I can't find it. It's not in the cupboard. B: I took it out / I've taken it out. It's on the table.I'm quite sure I'd usually say "I took it out". The...

Anonymous wrote:‘If you looked in the past, you would have noticed amazing things.’ My text says this is correct. But should it not be "If you HAD looked in the past, you would have noticed amazing things." Why or why not? Your question indicates that you found the invalidity of the use of...

Any good grammar book will tell you that the simple present tense is frequently used and also perfectly acceptable in reported speech when you are reporting a general truth or a still current (still currently factual) situation. In such cases, you can use either the simple past OR the simple...

Hi, But just to make sure, because it still sounds weird to my ear, but if you say it's the right way to do it I will beleive you, considering it's a previous work experience I should write : Tasks: Programmed data acquisition applications and numerical simulations for the ISAC 2 (isotope...

Hoa Thai wrote: Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the...

Belly wrote:Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the other uses the past...

Palinkasocsi wrote: According to a grammar book, the sentence She had met a man at the party the day before yesterday has at least two meanings: What are the two 'meanings' of the sentence? Here you have listed two possible terms for the tense, one of which is questionable. 1. PAST...

Hi, Now I am curious about the simple past senentce.If you asked, I would have help.If you asked, I would help.Is it possible to use both of the above for an event which took place a few minutes ago? No. Say "If you had asked, I would have helped". #2 is not really about a past event. It's OK...

So in other words this is a past perfect sentence.Now I am curious about the simple past senentce.If you asked, I would have help.If you asked, I would help.Is it possible to use both of the above for an event which took place a few minutes...