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You can't mix a present perfect tense (have spoken) with an adverb or similar expression indicating the past (yesterday), so only the first of your two sentences is correct. CJ

Hela wrote: Dear teachers, Are the following particles adverbs or prepositions ? Lay OFF take OFF Give BACKwalk OUT run OUT hurry OUT walk AWAY run AWAY hurry AWAY The visitor HANG UP his coat. UP = preposition? ...

Hela wrote: Dear teachers, Are the following particles adverbs or prepositions ? The visitor HANG UP his coat. UP = preposition? She TOOK DOWN her hat from the peg. DOWN = preposition? He paid off his debts. Can we say “he paid his debts off”? You won't get off that easy. Is the verb...

Dear teachers, Are the following particles adverbs or prepositions ? Lay OFF take OFF Give BACKwalk OUT run OUT hurry OUT walk AWAY run AWAY hurry AWAY The visitor HANG UP his coat. UP = preposition? She TOOK DOWN...

Adjectives instead of adverbs. Not really. These are abbreviated sentences. The corresponding unabbreviated forms show how the adjective form and its accompanying noun underlie what is really being said. Instead of flying on a direct flight to Rome, we ... The dart flew in such a way...

Someone knows what is the relationship between these two adverbs "in and of itself" and "single-handedly". The contex where I will have to replace the second expression instead of the frist was: Ex: This sort of fictional violence does not in and of itself cause violence(=><=) If...

Hi, What I want to ask, can they be used every time one needs (or wants) to get rid of for + pronoun? For examle: 1. This is our common purpose, and all we do is therefore. 2. Switching to public ownership over means of production is our current purpose wherefore we have begun to return our...

Cool Breeze wrote:Hi ZpxykmPersonally I couldn't care less what label is put on a word or expression. This is how Webster's Dictionary analyzes back in a sentence like yours:back (bak), adv.1. at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.2. in or toward the past: to look back on...

Hi ZpxykmPersonally I couldn't care less what label is put on a word or expression. This is how Webster's Dictionary analyzes back in a sentence like yours:back (bak), adv.1. at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.2. in or toward the past: to look back on one's youth; They met...

Well, I think you can, but it's a different construction, and a bit of a different meaning. it: pronoun in object role so: adverb Also, "he looks it" is similar to "he looks the part": ----- look TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To turn one's eyes on: looked him in the eye. 2. To convey by...