By Translation, Tenses

Thank you for the quick reply. "Hope" seems a very simple verb, but frankly I'm really far from confident about how to use the phrase "I hope that...." and its kin phrases. My grammar book (Egawa's "A New Guide to English Grammar) says we can use "hope" in the present perfect tense. Actually,...

a friend of mine just came back from England after about five years' living there. she wrote a book in chinese about this life experience there. i helped her translate the book from chinese into english for future publication in england. but as a chinese, i am not too confident of my...

I couldn't make up my mind, where to post it - to the "song writing..." forum, or here. Then I thought that still it was a poetic translation, not a new song, and it suited here better The song is originally in German, it's Rammstein's composition, and I especially like this song because of its...

Hello Paco, first I think Jim mentioned that part because I sometimes write back saying 'il mio maestro' - actually am not an italian though, I very much like the sound of it. I did studied. I am now rather embarrased with the fact that I gave him my profile incorrectly by saying something in...

Hello everyone, I would simply question first - does the following sentence sound fine or strange? "In a study four patients were entered." Perhaps this might be a similar question to the one I made yesterday, just single difference this time, 'enter' in passive form. A friend of mine told...

Hi MrP. 1) “'Turns out to be' implies more of a process than (I think) you want here. Perhaps 'become apparent' is the phrase you're after; but it's difficult to fit that in. What about a simple 'seems'?” I think I’ll use “is in the end”. 2) “You might leave out the 'first' in the first reason...

1. 'The modal 'may' can roughly be translated to mean "there is a possibility that".' If 'may' contains 'is', does that 'is' not denote present-ness? I'm afraid I will have to be abit technical; my apologies if it puts anyone off. The translation of "may" is actually a logical one. In formal...

I’ve made subtle changes here and there. Look it over and see what you think. I think your overall essay is coming along very nicely. It is looking structured and focused. I think you’re hihglighting your skills, experience and dedication much better. Let me know what you...

Hello everyone, Here I am again with questions on the subjunctive: A/ Last time we saw that a) "It WAS high time we went" was correct, but what does it mean exactly? And is b) "It WAS (high) time we had gone" correct ? If yes, what would it mean? B/ Are the following sentences correct ? If...

Hello Sextus, 1) I think that's fine. (I get the impression from what you've written that Sextus E. used the simile without fully working out the implications. Is that indeed your conclusion?) 2) It's true that some native speakers would use the present here. Let me try out the possibilities...