In Simple present^x, Past perfect^x

CalifJim wrote: I don't know of any special name for the expressions It's time and wish. CJ Well I did some work on the internet and got some useful links. You said that you don't know any specific name for the expression but I've found one. Please verify is it correct or not. It's called...

Hi, 1) I tried the method you told me, but it happened again. OK 2) I tried the method you told me, but it happens again. Simple present is not good here, as it suggests a recurring present event and a doubt that that is what you mean. It's better to say I tried the method you told me, but...

Clive wrote: Hi, Not really. It's just idiomatic. Interestingly, I always see Present Continuous/Progressive, never Continuous/Progressive Present. Best wishes, Clive Yes, the difference happen only in Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple the others tenses are the same. Present...

I guess this discussion invites lot of questions. Mister Micawber wrote:I don't quite know what you are up to, Hanuman, but A makes sense while B does not. Some other options: When they had given their books to the teacher, they were allowed to play outside.They were allowed to play outside...

1- When / By the time he arrives, we begin the meeting. In Turkish, it is possible. But in Turkish "we begin the meeting" that is, the simple present has somewhat a future meaning. But in English the use of simple present for future is limited to certain events, such as time-tables, schedules...

thank you very much. Can you comment on these sentences? 1. Since 1998, UT admissions does not require top-10 percenters to submit any test scores, although most do. (here I don't understand why simple present is used instead of present perfect) here 2. Indeed, to Telli's knowledge, no-one...

Hello. I would say that it is false since it depends very much of the narrative style: In general the use of perfect tenses is determined by their relationship to the tense of the primary narration. If the primary narration is in simple past, then action initiated before the time frame of the...

1-- the second have is the main verb. 2-- the second have is the auxiliary, hence incorrect for simple present (now) 3-- have is the auxiliary for present perfect, appropriate for ever. 4-- wrong because there is only a single past event (past perfect is for chronologizing two past events)

Pemmican wrote:As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present...

I'm only one, but I prefer the simple present tense. The past perfect seems unnecessarily wordy. The only difference I detect between "when" and "once" and "as soon as" is the increasing order of immediacy or insistence. Otherwise, all three take present or present perfect with a main clause...