By Past tenses, Grammar

I have a question about Grammar that has been perplexing me for a while, and hopefully the good people out there who know better English than I do might be able to help me! This actually came to me while I was reading a badly translated script, which is unimportant, but it made me think; Why...

In fact, it's probably a mixture of both - they are still trying to solve the problem so some elements are past and some are present.Maybe he still thinks, and they still resent, but his communication with them is past. GG, thanks for the reply. I like this comment of yours because...

Hi, Sean said that Barnie's mobile __engaged. a. is being In terms only of grammar, this fits the sentence. In terms of meaning, it is not a good choice. People don't usually complain that someone else's phone is in the process of becoming engaged. In addition, we usually speak of...

Sean said that Barnie's mobile __engaged. a. is being b. in constant c. is always d. never gets http://www.britishcouncil.org/fr/learnenglish-central-test-test-your-level.htm htp://www.learnenglish.org.uk/test/grammartest.html Hi, Which is the correct answer? Please explain the...

Thanks Jim. I understand what you are saying. So, are you suggesting that option 1 is actually better than option 2 in the context mentioned above?1. I am often being warned about ..2. I am often warned about .. EDIT: In your example, the "ed" for the past tense of warn does not...

Does the applicant have experience utilizing computerized tomography? What is the underlined part called in English grammar? Why must the -ing form be used? Is it an adverbial, a gerund form, or something different? and I want to have my house painted. What is painted called? It is not the...

Many errors. I suggest you use proper punctuation and capitalization, and keep your tense consistent -- for a start.

Either is OK. I prefer the past perfect in this case. He said he wouldn't pay because he had been told the fare was $300.Certainly not ... told the fare had been $300, however!CJ

One of my grammar books says that "could" is not always the past tense of "can". Is that really true? Also, my book gives several examples to suuport its theory: "Ability in the present or in the future" or "Willingness": ＊Right now I could eat an ox....

Hi FandorinYou seem to be mixing things up.Angliholic's sentence is not an example of the idiomatic "to have got", which means basically the same thing as "to have" or "to possess".In that idiom, it is not possible to change the word 'got' to...