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Sir, IV - The present prefect used with "for" and "since" A. "for" is used with a period of time: for six days, for a long time. "for" is used with the simple past tense denotes a terminated period of time. (e.g) We lived there for ten years. ( but we don't live there now) "for"...

Here is a humorous compilation of expressions set in Essex pronunciation. ESL/EFL students-- the misspellings represent the native pronunciation; see if you can figure out the actual words meant: A -Z of Essex English: ASSA COMMONS - Our Parliament Building. ART ATTACK - Extremely...

Hello Roro is clearly wrong, because Einstein is now dead. As for , one could take it as "Princeton has a honourable past experience that Einstein once visited there", but to me the use of the present perfect tense still sound odd. As for 'has been', it is a special expression and I think...

Hello JTT I think what you are saying depends on the context. Suppose Jane, a young wife, gave birth to a baby in a hospital, say, yesterday's evening, and she and her friend Beth are talking. Betty :"Has John come to the hospital?" Jane : "Yes, he came this morning, but he wasn't with me...

Hi Antonella, Let's give it a go. I am going to try and give you some ideas. First, the Duke of Ferrara was a real man, who had 2 wives. Everything else in the poem has been imagined by Browning. 1.. Start by giving a brief definition of a dramatic monologue and its features. I gave you...

Hello guys I should like to know how you feel what expression is more polite and what is less. Are there any established general rules that determine degrees of politeness in English? What I vaguely feel to be as the tools/factors to increase the politeness are; (1) subjunctive mood/if...

1) Would you please help me finish these clauses ? a) If you were to give him a chance… b) If you were to fail … c) Would it be possible to use the indicative “If you ARE …” in the above clauses ? What difference would it make? JTT: It's theoretically possible but the more common...

Hello everyone, In working with my own people, still I am not an exception allowing myself to judge what is right or what is not right in English grammar and idiomatic expression, I felt this sentence bit awkward or strange - but it's rather my perception wrong? The sentence reads: ...

Hi, I was taught to use past tense after the expression "as if" as in "he behaves as if he was a fool" (or past perfect as in "he behaved as if he had been a fool"). But so many times I see people writing both the verbs in the same tense (e.g. he behaves as if he IS a fool" - not sure it's...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...