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This is just a negative of a standard type 2 conditional. I would sell it to you if it shot straight. This construct is used where fulfilment of the if clause is improbable or impossible, but still current. By the way it is not past tense, its imperfect subjunctive, although the two are...

Hi Mister,but how long ago then should I use past tense?I saw a TV singing competition, after the singer has sung, the judges said "I felt that you ..........". I think they should use "I feel that you .......". Because the singer has just performed and the judges should be...

I watch a movie: The gun salesman said the gun shoot straight although it is cheap in price. and then he said "I wouldn't sell it to you, if it didn't"I understand this is a subjunctive mood. and I understand the rules. But why it uses past form of verb to present present in...

Because Bill can't "have". He can only "has". Sorr for sarcasm. And the exactly date indicates only Past Tense.

The first is correct. "Did you know" is a past tense. The present tense would be "Do you know". It is a question, so you need a question mark. You could also say "Did/Do you know that I am intending/I plan to buy an iPod Touch?"

i think that "was" is the right form to be used in this case because was represents the singular form of past tense and were the plural. The curtain is certainly singular.

Hi, Please tell me if tenses are correct. I am uneasy about having one present perfect tense and the other in past tense? Is it OK? Should I make them both present perfect tenses?Let me introduce Joe Doe. He was an officer of our organization for two years and he has done a lot of great things...

Most students of English are glad to know that the past tense never occurs in contracted form. There are no contractions with was and were. CJ

Thank you, all. Clive, could I lay out the similar reasoning as what you did with the "cost" for these ones too? the present tense 'cost' if still in that price and the past tense 'costed' if the price has changed or uncertain as to whether the price has changed or...

Hi,1. The shirt which cost (not 'costs'?) five dollars is up for grabs.Why did Clive use 'cost' rather than 'costs' here?It just depends on what you mean to say.If you are looking at the shirt in the store right now, say the present tense 'costs'. 'Up for...