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Anonymous wrote:‘If you looked in the past, you would have noticed amazing things.’ My text says this is correct. But should it not be "If you HAD looked in the past, you would have noticed amazing things." Why or why not? Your question indicates that you found the invalidity of the use of...

Any good grammar book will tell you that the simple present tense is frequently used and also perfectly acceptable in reported speech when you are reporting a general truth or a still current (still currently factual) situation. In such cases, you can use either the simple past OR the simple...

Hi, But just to make sure, because it still sounds weird to my ear, but if you say it's the right way to do it I will beleive you, considering it's a previous work experience I should write : Tasks: Programmed data acquisition applications and numerical simulations for the ISAC 2 (isotope...

Hoa Thai wrote: Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the...

Belly wrote:Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the other uses the past...

Palinkasocsi wrote: According to a grammar book, the sentence She had met a man at the party the day before yesterday has at least two meanings: What are the two 'meanings' of the sentence? Here you have listed two possible terms for the tense, one of which is questionable. 1. PAST...

Hi, Now I am curious about the simple past senentce.If you asked, I would have help.If you asked, I would help.Is it possible to use both of the above for an event which took place a few minutes ago? No. Say "If you had asked, I would have helped". #2 is not really about a past event. It's OK...

So in other words this is a past perfect sentence.Now I am curious about the simple past senentce.If you asked, I would have help.If you asked, I would help.Is it possible to use both of the above for an event which took place a few minutes...

Hi, I know that you use the simple past for an action happened in a definite time in the past and the present perfect for a time period that didn’t end yet. There's more to it than that. You need to review the uses of the Present perfect in a good grammar book. Once, I heard Peter Griffin say...

my question is that , ı hear those phrases a lot but I couldnt find anything about them in GRAMMAR BOOKS. for instance : you re always talking about how much money you'll save food, hot water and gas WHİLE I AM GONE. what does "while I am gone" mean in that sentence ??? ı know that it is not...