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If you are using the word "did", then you already are using the past tense. Did is the past tense of do . "Did you guys had to..." is not correct. "Did you guys have to..." is correct. But the word do is often used in speech these days to replace several other words or phrases. It...

Overall points. Don't forget to end all sentences with a full stop/period/question mark. You overuse 'understand' in contexts where 'learn' would be better. I've made a few corrections for you but otherwise spelling errors in red. Grammatical errors in blue. Parts that need rephrasing/do not...

I have to hand in the reports tomorrow. Could you please run a quick check through them? Thanks loads!!! A: When asked to make a sentence with When J~ , J will ~, Harry sometimes gets confused with the order of two events happening and forgets to add s after verbs when they are placed...

1) I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live, work, or study. I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar! 2) To start with, I would say ... during the past ten years . The second version (with the progressive tense) mixes...

Bsss10 wrote: Hi I made some sentences, but I am not sure whether they are right or not. If you find something wrong in Grammar or vocabulary, help me check them. Thank you very much. 1. Technological innovations are aimed at improving all aspects of people’s lives or lifes. I...

Well it all depens on your NATIVE language!!! My mother tongue is German. German is kind of similar to English. So I have not had a lot of problems with English. Of course there is a lot of stuff to learn, there are many exceptions. (stuff like this & that) But basically the grammar is not...

The language of media is a bit different, both in vocabulary and grammar, than the normal writing. One of the differences is the tense, as you've mentioned. If the time of the event, state,... is past, the tense of the sentence is present; if it is past perfect, then the sentence is past; and...

But shall is used for a future tense for first person; will is used for second and third persons. I have heard that this is a totally bogus rule made up by a 17th century grammarian whose brain was just a little too idle one day. I have never known anyone to follow this convention, and...

I have learned English for seven and a half years now (at school) and I must say it is the easiest language I've ever learned. Maybe it is hard because of all the tenses (my mother tongue is Estonian and it has no future tense) or the vocabulary.

Hiya YC, It sure feels good that a native shows interest in how we perceive english... Let me try to understand the best I can... Specific elements of language posing problem : I'm comfortable with tenses and conjugation. I find myself sometimes troubled with vocabulary and spelling ;...