Many thanks for your information then for the last example: if i have seen you, i will wave --> if + Present perfect, present future?

This sentence looks wrong to me...Please help and tell me why! I can't even begin to guess why the sentence looks wrong to you. Perhaps it's because it is ambiguous whether spread is a present tense or a past participle in an implied

Hi CJ, Based on your remarks, am I correct to assume that my approach with the present tense was considered faulty with regards to the specific context? Thanks in advance for your insight. No, not faulty. That is an alternate solution. I

Hi CJ, Based on your remarks, am I correct to assume that my approach with the present tense was considered faulty with regards to the specific context? Thanks in advance for your insight.

All three are correct. ... who is winning. ... who is going to win. ... who will win. Don't take that idea about "arranged events" too seriously. That's only one usage of the present progressive. win is an "achievement

Hello, teachers. Here is a sentence which I don’t think of grammatically correct: The match is over in half an hour. It must be clear who is winning . I would say “ The match is over in half an hour. It must be clear who is going to win .”

Hi, rishila, welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us! The use of "do" is a little hard to get used to. I'm not sure what you mean by "for pronoun only." It's used a lot in questions and negative statements.

Hi No, I'm afraid it's not correct. The problem is your use of the verb 'go'. You tried to use the negative form of the simple past tense and wrongly assumed it was 'did not went'. This is a tricky aspect of

If the other person is still talking, I would probably use the present tense, but either will work fine.

Dear friend, normally, the subjunctive were follows as if/as though : He spoke as if she were dead. However, the ordinary present tense is required where the emphasis is on truth rather than falsity : It's not as if he' s dishonest (= he