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Hi StenkaAs Philip mentioned, he's means he has in your sentence. The word 'was' is generally never contracted. Even when the word 'was' is not articulated with absolute clarity, people generally still manage to say something that sounds like it begins with a 'w'. In addition, the word 'was'...

Clive wrote:2) Do we say (in this situation) "a book by Noel Hynd" or "the book by Noel Hynd" ? why? Only say the specific 'the' if you expect me to already be aware of this book.3) "has happend" or simply "happened" ? In the context of narrating a story in Simple Present tense, just say...

Hi, Sure, here's the full context (everything takes place after a blaze that has happened in a law office; this stuff comes from a book by Noel Hynd "The Sandler Inquiry")"The trailers, Corrigan explained, had been some highly flammable substance - chemically treated rags, paper, or plastic -...

Hi StenkaI see no reasonable need for the past perfect at all. In fact, you could easily write the end of that sentence with the simple present tense:Yesterday, your son sounded like he always sounds..

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...

Thanks a lot.You changed the second one, what I meant was something like this: CalifJim wrote:Here's what you want. I haven't slept in two days. I look like I've been beaten up. After not sleeping for two days, I looked like I'd been beaten up. If I don't sleep for two days, I'll look like...

Hi, 1. According to the Collins Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary, the word shame has this definition among some others: If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently. Here, I think the only...

On my grammar book, it says: When the verb in the main clause is in the past or past perfect tense, the verb in the subordinate cluase must also be past or past perfect. Here is the example: The researchers discovered that people varied widely in their knowledge of public events. the first verb...

Let's spread out the issue a little bit: ____ O ____ Type 2. Basic forms. a. If we caught the 10 o'clock train, we would (could, might, etc.) get there by lunch-time. b. If I came into a fortune, I would give up smoking. c. If I knew how it worked, I could tell...

i. Our basketball team tried hard but was defeated in the long run. Nobody could say anything. "All that can be done has been done," said the coach.can I change it to "had been done"? As I think it is a past event.-- No. It is not a past event. Be carefula bout can and has done. It is completely...