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Hi Teachers, I got a question about the definite article "the." Let's suppose that I bought a pen yesterday and I just met a friend who does not know I did. Me: Hi Paco! How're you doing?Paco: Good!Me: The pen that I bought yesterday is not working! In the above conversation,...

1. ...have promised to inform people (the people?) about the beginning of the strike... - In this case both people and the people are accepted. The use of the makes your sentence more specific since it would be directly referring to the group of people who will be effected by the strike. However,...

Hello, I'll be really glad if somebody checks my motivation letter draft too. I've gone through this forum and copied some ideas and even senteces into that. I'm not sure if I can ask you also for grammar correction, but if somebody correct (maybe "fills in" is more appropriate, plenty of them...

Hi Active sentence: Somebody stole my bicycle. Passive sentence: My bicycle has been stolen. Is the passive sentence OK, in your opinion? I would write: My bicycle was (simple past) stolen. As far as I know if the active sentence is written in simple past than the passive one should also be...

Dear members,1) Whats the difference between past and present perfect tense? 2) What is the use of articles? A, an, The. Often i get confused using the. Where should i specifically use it?Thank you

Hela wrote: Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . wow! I remember genitive as a Latin case...

Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . 2) Which tenses would you use in the following...

I wonder, what tense shall we use when we write a diary? You see, whatever is in the diary is already past, but sometimes it confuses me. I ever read an article from a diary which is in pure present tense. Thanks

"Rallying on Wednesday, McCain told supporters the U.S. will prevail in the war on terror." The above is from a news article. I was taught that the tense in that-clause follows the tense of the verb in the main clause unless a that-clause is saying the everlasting truth. Like, "I told he was...

Thank you sensei . I think I know where is my mistake. It’s a past tense.Actually I have, but since my employer did not pay my salary for three months ago, I just consider myself as jobless. Actually I have, but since my employer did not paid my salary for three months, I just consider...