This kind of technical analysis is not my greatest forte, but I'll have a go at answering anyway. Could they mean this? He said/reported/suggested/mentioned Jane is living with her parents and going to school full- time. --

Hi. In a section called "Advanced Points in Reported Speech" in the LoreGate.com Learn English Easily site, these two things (exceptions) are what are written under the heading of "exceptions," in addition to one other

Thanks your comments, so my sentences is still consider correct? (a) We have to write an address on the envelope. (b) He writes the address on an / the envelope. (c) She writes an address on an / the envelope. (d) She writes Peter's

1. If you look at the second phrase "Diane didn't have to eat vegetables", you can notice that Diane is only one person and it means that it is singular. But why do they say "have to" and not "has to" ? Jim did a

The progressive is more natural. It indicates a continuity of working, and no limited time period. Contrast with these, in which the simple present expresses a limited period of time: Today is Tuesday. Tom is not working today. Tom does not work

How are they different? Can "This is the prettiest picture I have seen" (up to and including the recent past) be written as "This is the prettiest picture I saw" or This would require prior context. You looked at some

Hi Diana! My brother married a lady from Ukraine, so I really know that Ukraine is NOT Russia. They have a different language, too. To answer your question, yes, our English language changes. New words come in and get popular, and old words fall

I met a screenplay teacher who insisted "-ing" words (I'm referring to verbals), should not be in a screenplay. Only the simple present tense should be used. Movies move. They're about motion. The present progressive tense is all

Hi Anon I'd say it would be more common to say "I have graduated". Using the simple present tense of the verb "be", you could use the word "graduate" as a noun and say this, for example: "I am (now) a

what are the uses of the present form of verbs? Not sure what you mean. People have different names for the simplest form of the verb, as you find it in the dictionary. Sometimes it's called "the bare infinitive - without the