By Tenses, Grammar

"a form of the past tense" doesn't make sense to me. There is only one form of the past tense. I think you mean "a past tense form".Here are the forms of the modals. (Recall that this does not mean that they are used only in these tenses.)Present: will, shall, can,...

He has been selected and has played for the team 5 times this year.He has played and scored for his team.Maybe it's as a result of the separation by selected in the first sentence, but for me it sounds better with has repeated.The second sentence, for me, sounds OK as it is.Sorry, I don't...

A has been sentenced to 10 years and has served 5 of them (so far).So you're saying that without has it sounds like served is in past tense instead of present perfect reusing the first 'has'.I interpret signed here as present perfect tense, borrowing the have before paid.What do you...

To me, it does (in this sense), but it's less usual to use the past tense ("have gathered") in this way, so it kind of throws you off course (especially since it's not followed by "that").

Thanks, CJ. I understand would love = want to. You pointed what I'm stuck with. I think the sentence is technically not a conditional, because Steve is going to run the ad here whether the audience has seen it or not. Actually he does, I've seen it on iTunes. I remember that my grammar...

Hi,I have trouble distinguishing what looks to be an object-less passive (or possibly, a participle acting as an adjective) and present perfect in conceptual terms. How are they different functionally?Everything is changed. vs. Everything has changed He is arisen vs. He has arisenAlso,...

Once I choose one (here a should be a better choice) certain job, I always love it and am enthusiastic with it. And you will see this in the near future. I find the above sentences all right.Here is the rule from a grammar book:A Present or Future tense in the Main clause can be followed by any...

I'm saying that you have choices, depending on what you wish to convey. You can look at "urgency" as being in your mind, or as being a factual circumstance. If you wish to imply that the asking and the urgency were contemporary, they should have the same tense, unless, as Marius...

You have to use 'rooster' for that meaning. The other word has now become almost exclusively used for the male sex organ -- though there may be some remnants of the original meaning in older writings. My response was partially pretense, by the way, to give you an indication of what a...

Even though she said the words in the past she still stands by her claim. So, in a sense, the lie is continuing right up to the present and into the future (until the issue is resolved). After that her claim will be spoken of in the past tense.