By Present tenses, Verbs

Ant_222 wrote:No help from your last post, but after re-reading our little conversaton over I have come up with a reolutionary hypothesis! The problem is that there're two possible omisions: 1. There are time when... (and one has to use present tenses, as I argued) 2. There are times which......

Liveinjapan wrote:From the side, sleek lines cut a sexy and athletic profile, and in back, the unique deco look of the tail lamps coupled with the dual-exhaust of the V6 complete this beast. Is cut a past participle modifying sleek lines? No - the simple present tense instead. The clue comes...

Anewcomer wrote:Hi Teachers I came across this sentence in a story book: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated throwing himself down to the street. Why it's not like this: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated to throw himself down to the street And what is the...

I say "needs." There's been a lot of discussion about this on the Forums lately. Some say to stick with the tense of the main verb. Others say that if the context suggests we're talking about facts which will not change, then the verb in the relative clause should be present tense. Edit. Are...

They're both correct and they both describe the exact same situation. "Has been scheduled" focuses more on the action which took place to schedule the meeting, but both are forms of present tense, passive voice. You could argue that "is scheduled" is verb+adjective complement, similar to "the...

Angliholic wrote:I regret saying that I hate you. I regret saying that I hated you. I regret to say that I hate you. I regret to say that I hated you. Which of the above four versions sound right to you? Which ones are identical in meaning? Thanks.Hi Angliholic, I regret to say I'd...

Hi guys, I need your help. I saw the following sententce from somewhere and wondered why it uses 'present perfect tense' instead of 'present tense' or some other tense if any. The main verb in this sentence is 'will be' which is future tense and I don't think 'future tense' with 'present...

Lawrence H. Song wrote:hi, 1. I hardly go to A and B. 2. I hardly go to A nor B. which one is right? ----- I don't like either one. How about, I neither go to A nor B. I hardly go to A or B. I never go to A or B. I always go to A or B. (Maybe I'm wrong.) 1. He told me that there...

Vincent Teo wrote:Can I say, (a) The radio was broken yesterday / last week. Yes, and I'd say the word 'broken' is used as an adjective. (b) The radio is broken just now / now. 'Now' is OK, but 'just now' would only work if it is used to mean 'at this particular moment' rather than 'just a...

Yoong Liat wrote: The teacher said, "The world is round." In reported speech, it would be The teacher said that the world is round. One of my English usage books says it can be reported as The teacher said that the world was round. ( was consistent with said in tense) What do you think? ...