So just because thought is in the past tense it doesn't have to follow with didn't (past tense). Are you sure Clive? Are you an English teacher. Just curious. Thanks

I thought have was needed before spread to keep a single tense. That would be a good solution: They have appeared on message boards and in blogs and have spread by word of mouth. There are no dependent clauses here, by

Is it because thought is past tense?

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Problem 1: img687.imageshack.us/img687/4138/testnx.jpg It's much easier for us to respond if you actually post the question here. Most of us don't want to go off and start searching other sites. It takes

Hi, Really, I don't feel I have anything I want to add at this point, and I don't want to get repetitive. My advice is that you digest things a bit and let them settle in your mind. At the same time, every time you use Past

Sorry to butt in like this. I'm sure Clive will give his expert advice but let me try to explain it the way I see it (from a non native speaker's point of view). Regarding the New York sentence, since both the living/working occur

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