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And of course, it is correct to say: Dennis saw the robber who entered his neighbor's house. That changes the grammar to be a complete subordinate clause. The past tense is correct here. The tone is a bit different. The infinitive form points more to the action ("enter"), and the...

Dear teachers, I believe that the following sentence is what is called a "hanging participle" or a "dangling participle," where the subject in the main clause and the subject in the adverb clause are not the same (one subject is "this power" but the other is...

Bounded is the past of "bound", which means to run by jumping. "The deer bounded across the field and over the fence." I think you mean to use the word "bound" the past tense of "bind" (meaning to tie tightly with a rope or string). I was bound to the...

In second conditionals the past simple is hypothetical, not really time-bound...in some usage grammar books it's called 'unreal past' Hypothesis or conditionality is not considered time-bound, at least regarding this case. Only first conditionals take the if-clause in present and the...

Is this a second conditional? I think in second conditional, the tense in the if-clause should be in the past tense and does the modal qualifies as that in the second conditional? When we could afford, we would get take-out fried chicken. Can we use the modal both in the if-clause and main...

Thanks for your follow-up, Clive.  I was wondering if I could I say it in another way without identifying a person or using 'it is'?  Thanks again PBF

dear forums, i am confuse of my sentence. would you please to correct my sentences. thanks before  If you want to invest at the stock, whereas you do not the investment, you should learn the investment. You can learn from anything or any one. 

. D is the only possible answer, but it is not a good answer. It is not a problem of will with whether , which is certainly permissible, but of will in the dependent clause here. Native speakers use present tense ( enters ) in this situation, so I suspect that the question was written by a...

In formal writing pepole use past simple tense.But i have seen many times books and other articles includes sentenceswhich have been made of "would"...I know that "would" is used in conditional clauses.Where as i realy want to know what are the situations where i can use...

She passed away in the past, so use the past simple. However, remember that when you use since  or from , you need to use the present perfect in the independent clause. ( has taught or has been teaching  if it is incomplete)