I'd use it as optional simple past, tr. and intr.

Here's how it should be: Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he were alive . Jackson would have celebrated his fiftieth birthday this August if he had not died earlier this year . There are a

"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Don't listen to these people. You can change it to "have" because only the first verb has to be in the subjunctive mood. The verb "knew" is

The verbs in your sentences have different tenses. I bet I stopped listening before you did . bet = simple present tense stopped = simple past tense did = simple past tense (The word "did" is used as a replacement for

Hi, the problem here is the difference between simple past and present perfect. There are a lot of thread about that in this forum, if take a look around with the search function. Generally speaking, if you want to mention something that happened

You can. The towing company towed it. The car was towed to the garage. -- Simple past The towing company has towed it. The car has been towed to the garage. -- Present perfect. You are okay with the difference between past and present perfect

You are partially right. This is actually a past condition pattern. If I had + past particple, I would have + past particple. If I had listened to my parents few yers ago to finsih my engineering school, I wouldn't have created all

So, this is what I don't understand, what's the definition for a life experience? For me everything is a life experience. OK. So maybe that description of the usage of the present perfect tense doesn't quite explain it for you in an

A : If I had known that earlier This part is past perfect tense because of 'earlier' right? If I had known earlier which states that if this person had known before so it uses the past perfect?

Hi, But are the tenses used correctly? Yes, they are. Clive