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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...

Editor-at-large wrote: Someone edited my work. I am just wondering if his corrections are correct. Please see words highlighted in yellow: 1. Three poor little rabbits sat at the kitchen table one starry night. Their clothes were all covered in chocolate and cookie dough – it was...

It was thought (by many) to have been written by Michael. I hope the above sentence is correct. The construction ''was thought'' is in passive past tense and ''have been written'' is in passive present perfect tense. I don't understand why past tense is mixed with present tense. Please help me.

Magic79 wrote: I have watched 3 movies with you .>>> this is incorrect structure! “Since” is typically associated with present perfect use. i.e. It's been 2 years since I last saw you. Your “past tense” sentence is incorrect. Can anyone strike me with...

Dear Teachers, I would like to know how the past progressive tense works, and when it is correct to use it, in contradiction to the simple past tense? Moreover, I would like to get a terse explanation about 'present perfect progressive', I'm not even sure about the tense's name. I'm convined...

Lawrence H. Song wrote: 1-1. I should have told A that B is C's wife. 1-2. I should have told A that B was C's wife. In the case B and C are still married, which one is right? You can use either sentence. What about B and C are now divorced? To express this meaning clearly, I might say...

Thanks. Although it's still weird for me as I don't have the equivalent of present perfect in my language. There's always a result of our actions in the past right? Where's the point in time that things stopped to happen? For present perfect they're still happening and for past tense they've...

Hi, "There was no cockroach to have made her ill." At first I thought "to have made her ill" allows for only the interpretation of "past perfect infinitive" but could it also be taken as "present perfect infinitive", even though the main verb "was" is in the past tense? It's a...

Hi Teleostomi, I'm in over my head here on infinitive tenses, if any there be. I'm going to try to look it up. Perhaps someone else will come by in the meantime. But I have a feeling you may be right about the present perfect. The missing cockroach would have been in the past, while the...

Thanks avangi and CJ, I was all confused! I should have written like this: "There was no cockroach to have made her ill." At first I thought "to have made her ill" allows for only the interpretation of "past perfect infinitive" but could it also be taken as "present perfect...