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Re: "be" in questions in the future or present perfect simple / conditional

Equative sentences have the term to be identified first, a form of BE, and then the term which identifies the first term. The result is XYZ identifies the result in terms of XYZ; it specifies the result as XYZ. XYZ is the result identifies XYZ as the result (as opposed to a cause, for...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 1 yr 338 days ago Verbs Nouns Adverbs Present perfect
Re: the present I wished / hoped for

Grammar Geek wrote:Hi Pastsimple - Ironically, you should have used the simple past "I used this phrase." The combination of "today" and what was probably a single use makes simple past appropropriate. If you in fact did say it several times today and were planning on saying it again, then...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Pastsimple 1 yr 354 days ago Grammar Verbs Tenses Adverbs Past perfect Simple past Present perfect Perfect progressive

Re: easy english sentence check (urgent)

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 part...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by

Goodman 1 yr 358 days ago

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Re: wish

Look: I wish I knew what was happening right now. I wish I knew what was happening yesterday. ( also: ...what had happened yesteday) I wish I knew what would happen tomorrow. I wish I had known what... (the tenses are used as in the above sentences but time adverbs change as in reported...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 2 yr 22 days ago Verbs Tenses Adverbs Present tenses Present perfect
Re: ABOUT TENSES

could you write the adverbs of present perfect tense

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Damlasozer 2 yr 43 days ago Verbs Tenses Adverbs Present perfect
Re: ABOUT TENSES

<over the last 150 years is a period of time. There's no problem using such adverbs with the present perfect. > I have drunk many beers all last Saturday.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by milky 2 yr 44 days ago Verbs Adverbs Present perfect
Re: ABOUT TENSES

over the last 150 years is a period of time. There's no problem using such adverbs with the present perfect. It's adverbs of time that denote a point in time that create the problem. The postman has left packages on my doorstep over the last 10 years. The postman left packages on my...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 2 yr 44 days ago Verbs Adverbs Present perfect
Re: Tense sequence in Journalistic style

So, please, could you write again whether it is correct or not (the use the Present Perfect) and why? One of two issues discussed above was this: Of the four portions highlighted in red, only the last one (have saved) is not correct. The use of the present perfect tense there is incorrect...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 2 yr 75 days ago Verbs Tenses Adverbs Present perfect
simple past / present perfect

1- We've had to make some adjustments to our original calculations. (Longman) 2- We had to make some adjustments to our original calculations. I have written the second sentence. I have a few questions about the difference between the present perfect and the simple past. We do not always have...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Diamondrg 2 yr 165 days ago Verbs Difference between Adverbs Simple past Present perfect
Re: "I just finished reading" VS "I have just finished reading": difference

GoodmanWhy did you twist my message every time? When and where did I say such a thing like "just" and "already" are uncommon in BrE? I said to Daxiao (not to you!) that the use of such adverbs with the simple past tense is one of the features of AmE.ENGLISH TENSEThe present perfect is used with...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 2 yr 205 days ago American English Verbs Tenses Adverbs Simple past Present perfect Past tenses

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