By Tenses, Numbers

But since an economic boom in the 1980s, large numbers of rural Turks moved to the cities, forming a new Islamic middle class with its own wealthy elite. (NYTimes) Why the Simple Past Tense? Why not the Present Perfect?

Hi ForbesThank you for your long reply. I do appreciate it. I would just like to say that I my opinion is based on the knowledge I have of the Germanic and Romance languages and it is of course very subjective. I fully understand that not everyone agrees with me and what I consider easy may be...

Vincent Ding wrote:Example: I will not make a tour, or attend an amateur school, or visit friends in the summar holidays. I will just stay at hom. I wonder if it is correct to use the construction "not ... or... " in the way shown above. Besides, I am also thinking how about replacing ORs...

I am having trouble with the following: In the first sentence, I am to address the verb tense usage and correct it: 1.) William and Jensen (1992), would demonstrate the same effect (verb tense) 2.) Neither of the books were available at the library. (have to make subject and verb agreement...

I have also been a business studies teacher all my life. I assumed that because you have various customers, they might each require a different solution for their individual needs. Therefore I used the plural tense for solutions to match the plural word "customers" - but not knowing exactly...

Hi KooyeenWith the words already and just, we tend to use the simple past tense quite often in AmE.So, instead of "I've just called Jim." we'd usually say "I just called Jim". I'm really not sure if the use of the simple past tense in that sentence would sound at all odd to British ears, but I...

i. Our basketball team tried hard but was defeated in the long run. Nobody could say anything. "All that can be done has been done," said the coach.can I change it to "had been done"? As I think it is a past event.-- No. It is not a past event. Be carefula bout can and has done. It is completely...

Anonymous wrote: I’m not sure when to use past tense and when to use past perfect tense. For number 1 and 2, my answers are met and went, but the correct answers are had met and had gone. Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks! Jack came home at twelve last night. He 1 (meet) a friend in...

Anonymous wrote: I’m not sure when to use past tense and when to use past perfect tense. For number 1 and 2, my answers are met and went, but the correct answers are had met and had gone. Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks! Jack came home at twelve last night. He 1 (meet) a friend in...

Anonymous wrote: I’m not sure when to use past tense and when to use past perfect tense. For number 1 and 2, my answers are met and went, but the correct answers are had met and had gone. Can anyone explain it to me? Thanks! Jack came home at twelve last night. He 1 (meet) a friend in...