By Tenses, Commas

The question that arises from your original is whether it's the bud or the metaphor that "delineates and sets forth..." Put a period after bud, and start with "This metaphor..." (With "Earlier" I would expect "used" not "uses." If you want to stick with uses, then go with early. Earlier creates...

Massacre proceeds rapidly and is indiscriminate.Perfectly acceptable - it means Massacre proceeds rapidly and massacre is indiscriminate.Massacre is indiscriminate with its rate of progress being rapidProbably needs a comma, to separate the main statement from the additional information. For...

Hi, Is it proper to write the past perfect here? I think it would be fine to write the simple past tense here. Just he collborated with Poland's secret police is fine. You can say it either way, because either way the sequence of events is clear. The collaboration came before the...

Yes, it's much clearer now. 1. OK. last time can go at the beginning or the end. It doesn't matter. Place a comma after it if you use it at the beginning. Last time, I was ... (Also the last time) 2. Possible, but not as idiomatic as the present perfect: I've been reading Fromm's...

Anonymous wrote: You are the one, who chooses with whom, and when to transfer CO2. is that correct? Without commas: You are the one who chooses with whom and when to transfer CO2. (Do you mean you want to transfer Carbon Dioxide? I really can't understand the meaning of the...

>sentense Seems OK. You may not need the commas.

<You ask very strange questions for a native speaker of English. I think you know what tense has been falling is, but in case you don't, it's a continuous perfect tense. > I put such questions to my students all day long. Have done so for 25 years. It's a "please think again" type...

Milky wrote:<I know it's a past event from the perfect tense has turned.> Is has been falling past tense?You ask very strange questions for a native speaker of English. I think you know what tense has been falling is, but in case you don't, it's a continuous perfect tense. Why do you have...

Marius Hancu wrote: Cool Breeze wrote:I know it's a past event from the perfect tense has turned. In a less poetic way without the commas:The snow that fell/has been falling overnight has turned to ice.I know that the snow fell before it turned to ice.I agree. It's quite clear!

Cool Breeze wrote:I know it's a past event from the perfect tense has turned. In a less poetic way without the commas:The snow that fell/has been falling overnight has turned to ice.I know that the snow fell before it turned to ice.I agree.