In Present tenses^x, Numbers^x

#2: On Wednesday, I tell CJ what I said on Tuesday. The possibility started yesterday. It therefore started in the past. >> Two major problems with your theory, Mr P. 1. "The possibility started yesterday. It therefore started in the past." And what it started with was a "may"...

If you don't like to use another explanation, then I try to explain it and you may correct it for me. The sentence of: "I like him more than she gives the impression of I like him more than she likes him." means: She expressed an idea that I like him more than she likes him. But in fact I like...

It is simple aspect. There are three aspects-- simple, perfect, and continuous. However, it is NOT present tense, since it is infinitive (a form of nonfinite verb). Normally we do not assign voice, mood, aspect, tense(!), person, number, etc. to nonfinite verbs. 'You will find' is simple...

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...

First, let me make a few observations. 1. All wishes are counterfactual. It makes no sense to wish for what you already have. The Queen of England does not say, "I wish I were the Queen of England". If I am six feet tall, I do not say, "I wish I were six feet tall". So every wish is a wish for...

Two days after I go to the bank with my phone number". Unfortunately you has to use 'later' (or 'pass') instead. There is a strange rule in English that if 'after' is used to mentioned a time in the past (measuring from now), it is permitted to use. (PS: Hopefully this stern rule will be...

We've pretty much covered the apple, with all it's various different shades of meaning above. Your mention of "singular pronoun" is misleading, however. Everything would work out exactly the same if it had said "Our" instead of "My". The number of the pronoun is irrelevant here - only the number...