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Thanx. I though so. I was confused by following definition: “The Present Perfect Continuous tense is used to express continuous, ongoing actions which have already been completed at the time of speaking or writing.” And according to this definition I believed using Present perfect...

Thank you Mister Micawber, for your kind help! If a sentence describes multiple events, then present perfect is prefered...! It seems to me interesting. Now I'm beginning to understand some tip. With my best regards,

Hi, paco! I see.... Actually I did not pay much attention to the word "until". You've explained my problem very clearly, with regard to Q1. I really appreciate your kindness. But let me put my question in this way. You say: there seems to be some contradiction in the sentence . Normal...

Hello paco! Thank you for your careful, kind reply Although I've been learning English for many years, my active competence to use it, I should admit, remains on a rather low level (how sad!). But I'm really interested in studying its grammatical system: it's surprisingly logical... but I am...

Playing to Win by Margaret A. Whitney 1 My daughter is an athlete. Nowadays, this statement won’t strike many parents as unusual, but it does me. Until her freshman year in high school, Ann was only marginally interested in sport of any kind. When she played, she didn’t swing hard, often...

It is said that if we mention the time of happening of a past act, simple past tense should be used; and if we mention something happened some time in the past which still has certain effect at present, then present perfect tense should be used. In this regard, I find it difficult to write a...

Hello Sextus Here you go: 1) “The past few years have witnessed the publication of a considerable number of books and papers on the influence that ancient scepticism (broadly defined) . I don’t understand whether by adding “an” before “assimilation”, the sentence is correct, or whether I...

Hello Pedanticus. Here are some doubts: 1) “The past few years have witnessed the publication of a considerable number of books and papers on the influence that ancient scepticism (broadly defined) . I don’t understand whether by adding “an” before “assimilation”, the sentence is correct, or...

First, say, Martin and I saw Peter, not *Martin and myself saw Peter. Second, the assumption is that Peter hasn't been seen SINCE then, so asking "Have you seen Peter?" is correct. Given the holiday example, the assumption changes. Peter DID in fact go home for the holidays, the event took place,...

Technically, there are two tenses: Present (or Non-Past) and Past. There are four aspects derived from two aspect pairs (simple vs. perfect and simple vs. progressive): Simple, Perfect, Progressive, and Perfect Progressive Combining these gives eight tense-aspect combinations, sometimes...