By Grammar, Simple past

... her his help. <<Are the books we ordered/have ordered used by any other university here? Simple past or present perfect or both with different meanings? It seems to me that discourse grammar forces the use of "have ordered" because the question is in the present and the...

Hi Hoa Thai, Obviously, we have different views in the specific use present perfect. To me "what was the last movie " just sounds unnatural. If the context is about a movie, I would just simple say "what was the last movie you saw?". If you had seen it, it already took place. No need to express...

Cali has always given lucid explanations and I am very indebted to her help. I have a question here not so much about sentence level but about discourse level. First, look at this sentence: Are the books we ordered/have ordered used by any other university here? Simple past or present...

Taka wrote: Eight-year-old Jimmy comes to school and on his face is the clear mark of a hand. if real fear and harsh punishment were removed from child training, children would develop into better happier and kinder adults. About the part in red, is it the subjunctive mood, or the simple...

BeginStudent wrote:The answers from n2g 100% correct ? if yes i have question in number two sentence : -When have they told you? - why did you changed it to present prefect continuous ? Hi MosheYes, all of New2grammar's answers are 100% correct.New2grammar correctly used the simple past...

New2grammar wrote:Thanks Goodman and Yoong Liat. Though I don't completely understand, I think I've learned something from your reply and that is some verbs require simple past because the actions do not continue' and I need to read a lot more to recognize them.Hello New2grammar, The present...

New2grammar wrote: Thanks Goodman for your reply. In the other scenario, would you choose 'The boy pushed the girl' or would you say 'The boy has pushed the girl'? I feel that both scenarios should use the same tense but have a feeling they could be different and would like to know why. I...

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...

Grammar Geek wrote:I still think you can use "have been looking for"I don't know whether that is acceptable according to prescriptive grammar but it certainly sounds ok to my ear. New2grammar wrote:Is it right to say: "I think I've found what i've wanted all along" Thanks!You need to...

New2grammar wrote: Wow! This apartment is bigger than I had ever imagined. Is 'had ever imagined' conditional in this sentence, meaning the speaker never imagined that before seeing the apartment? Use the simple past here. When I entered the apartment, I realized that it was bigger than I...