Hi, I'm a Pole trying to explore the intricacies English This is my first post here so, welcome everybody. And here are my problems. I've done these tests and I even got the key, but there is no freaking way I can understand some answers.

Thank you Clive for the critique. For the New York sentence, is there anything wrong or misleading in the construction that needs to be reworded. After the rewording, the original past perfect context has been erased. Maybe I tried too hard to

Please help me how to use 'if' clause.. how if the clause is in present or past tense, or in present or past perfect tense.. Many thanks for ur kind help :)

Hi, The couple next door had argued and gotten physical frequently months prior to the last night's shooting. Sounds fine either way to me. He had worked for a couple of restaurants in town as a waiter before he became a big time

Hi Clive, Thanks for taking the time on my query. I guess what I had in mind when I used "had taken computer science for 2 semesters.." rather than the simple "took" was the deliberate intent to emphasize the duration I had

Hi CJ, Based on your remarks, am I correct to assume that my approach with the present tense was considered faulty with regards to the specific context? Thanks in advance for your insight. No, not faulty. That is an alternate solution. I

Hi, Please allow me to clarify my own question. I've learned that if we have 2 events which took place in the past, the long preceding event should be described in past perfect. I don't feel that the lengthof the earleir event is a

Hi CJ, Based on your remarks, am I correct to assume that my approach with the present tense was considered faulty with regards to the specific context? Thanks in advance for your insight.

Can I use the past tense in that case? Yes. Strange, isn't it?! English has no grammatical machinery -- no separate tense -- to express time relationships within a true future point of view, so the will earlier in the sentence ( I' ll

B: Okay. I'll call you tonight and tell you what time he came here and why he was late. After some chewing on this, I would not personally use "he came" and "was late". But I will say: I'll call you tonight