In Pronouns^x, Tenses^x

There are no contractions of subject pronouns (I, you, ...) with the past tense of to be: was, were. CJ

Forbes wrote: Cool Breeze wrote:Fortunately English is structurally so simple... ?Hi ForbesIn the days of Old English the grammar of the language was more complicated than it is today: nouns had three genders, and there were even strong masculines as there are in modern German, 's' wasn't the...

I am having trouble with the following: In the first sentence, I am to address the verb tense usage and correct it: 1.) William and Jensen (1992), would demonstrate the same effect (verb tense) 2.) Neither of the books were available at the library. (have to make subject and verb agreement...

Hi, 1. Not every person who is indicted ____________. (A) of guilt (B) is guilty (C) to be guilty (D) guilty ricky: i put (D) but the answer is (B). why? "Who is indicted' is just a subordinate clause. Let's remove it. Not every person . . . . You need a verb form here, so that's why B is...

Hi, One can make a question like mentioned but what is the purpose of the question, when you already know the aswer in advance? To express surprise because your surprise seemed to suggest you didn't know that there are female judges in Germany. I was also expressing a little subtle...

This/That/These/Those are not verbs and therefore do not have tenses.They are pronouns.This is a word : These are words = the first is singular, the second is plural. "This/These" refer to things that are near OR identify something specific.This book is very easy to read. These books are heavy...

Hi, I am trying to write a fictional story. My understanding fails here:"This time it was Brenda's turn to laugh." vs "That time it was Brenda's turn to laugh."I am trying to write in the past tense but feel I am lacking some basic understanding of how to go about this."This time it was..."...

Hello. I apologize in advance if this question feels like a waste of time to those more knowledgeable than myself. I have spent most of the last two days trying to find an answer and haven't been able to so far. I am trying to write a fictional story. My understanding fails here:"This time it was...

This gives me strength to face the busy day lies ahead.This is not correct. The relative pronoun that (or which) cannot be omitted when it is the subject of its clause. It has to be "busy day that lies ahead". However, if the relative pronoun subject is followed by a form of the verb to...

1)According to Mr Micheal Swan (pratical English usage, page 486), the first line said: "note that the conjunction (the second that) is usually dropped in this tructure, it must be dropped if the relative pronoun is a subject This is the woman (who/that) Ann said could show us the church I...