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is it true that certain time adverbs can only be used with certain tenses 1 simple present with frequency adverbs on Sundays in the mornings everyday every Sunday summer 2 present continuous now at the moment at present currently 3 simple past freuency adverbs yesterday last week two days ago in...

What is the difference between the simple past and the present perfect indeed 1 definite time and indefinite time can simple past be used with indefinite time adverbs 2 can just already and yet be used with the simple past 3 if yes why do you think they are mostly associated with the present...

it makes me think of the present perfect Pieanne I thought the same thing And there s also the idea that you don t use an adverb showing a specific point in time with the present perfect as in I have written three letters last Tuesday In a general way the before until discussion is about similar...

Hello Hela again 1 They parted good friends This sentence can be a contracted form of They parted being good friends So good friends can be parsed as an subject complement as well as an adverbial Good friends is optional because they parted makes sense by itself 2 They married young Same as 1 3...

Hi Anonymous The present perfect in general is used to specify an action happened at an unspecificed time before now So the adverb adjective ago should be used in past tense Some valid expressions in present perfect ever never once yet many times several times since yet so far etc E x I haven t...

Jack112 wrote I saw this online 1 Radio television and telephone transmissions have until recently been sent through the air and over wires using electromagnetic waves These waves are called analog because they have the same shapes as the light and sound waves produced by the transmitters As...

Hello In my opinion the last time itself is a time adverb that connotes a past time just like yesterday So When is the last time you have seen a movie this scary sounds a bit odd Please remind present perfect tense is a kind of present tense Probably I would say When was the last time you saw...

Thank you Forum Guru Here is what I think about the answers Set 1 If I move the phrase after shipping out the package to the front of the sentence number two it would then take care of the problem of dangling modifier Am I right As to sentence number three I know it sounds right but why we use...

Sir IV The present prefect used with for and since A for is used with a period of time for six days for a long time for is used with the simple past tense denotes a terminated period of time e g We lived there for ten years but we don t live there now for used with the PP denotes a period of time...

I would take the last year here as an afterthought that clarifies already 1 I ve already discussed that last year Ergo the collocation sometimes exists What both Swan and the CGEL are pointing up is how prescriptive grammars and prescriptive grammarians largely through their own ignorance have...