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Hi Active sentence: Somebody stole my bicycle. Passive sentence: My bicycle has been stolen. Is the passive sentence OK, in your opinion? I would write: My bicycle was (simple past) stolen. As far as I know if the active sentence is written in simple past than the passive one should also be...

Dear members,1) Whats the difference between past and present perfect tense? 2) What is the use of articles? A, an, The. Often i get confused using the. Where should i specifically use it?Thank you

Hela wrote: Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . wow! I remember genitive as a Latin case...

Dear teachers, 1) How would you qualify this time of genitive, please? Which "title" would you give it? Is it some sort of "human activities"? but I don't really like this. love's spirit, science's influence, my life's aim, duty's call . 2) Which tenses would you use in the following...

I wonder, what tense shall we use when we write a diary? You see, whatever is in the diary is already past, but sometimes it confuses me. I ever read an article from a diary which is in pure present tense. Thanks

"Rallying on Wednesday, McCain told supporters the U.S. will prevail in the war on terror." The above is from a news article. I was taught that the tense in that-clause follows the tense of the verb in the main clause unless a that-clause is saying the everlasting truth. Like, "I told he was...

Thank you sensei . I think I know where is my mistake. It’s a past tense.Actually I have, but since my employer did not pay my salary for three months ago, I just consider myself as jobless. Actually I have, but since my employer did not paid my salary for three months, I just consider...

Hi there. I think that your first publication is very very good. Where are you from? Where do you want to publish it? But some things seems suspicious, i meant using tenses and grammatical constructions. Do You know what? - use do is necessary, but in informal way of writing skipping is...

I remember reading a post in this forum that the present perfect tense should not be used with a time in the past. For example, ?I have read the paper this morning. However, I found this in an article. The U.S. military has conducted similar successful tests in the past Is this sentence...

What do you think of this sentence, which I have read in the Arab News Newspaper of Wednesday 28 Nov. The sentence is as follows: "Iran yesterday announced that it has built a new missile with a range sufficient to put Israel and US bases in the Middle East within easy reach..." Source:...