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I think in speaking, it is OK to use "It's". Correct me If I'm wrong. But written in full, it should be "It was ... "

Some people cannot afford new computers, so they buy used ones. I had the money to buy a new computer, so I bought a new one. Now I have not enough money to buy a brand-new one.

Tense is a form assumed by a verb to show the time in which an event occurs and the degree of completeness of such event at the time of its occurrence. To decide on which tense is more suitable will depend on a given situation. In a situation where you are required to compare tourist arrivals in...

Hello, everyone. My grammar book says the following example is true: I've been wanting to visit Paris all my life. The book says "normally want cannot be used in progrssive tense, but it does in this case (present perfect continuous tense)" (p.s. The book is not written by a...

"a form of the past tense" doesn't make sense to me. There is only one form of the past tense. I think you mean "a past tense form".Here are the forms of the modals. (Recall that this does not mean that they are used only in these tenses.)Present: will, shall, can,...

He has been selected and has played for the team 5 times this year.He has played and scored for his team.Maybe it's as a result of the separation by selected in the first sentence, but for me it sounds better with has repeated.The second sentence, for me, sounds OK as it is.Sorry, I don't...

A has been sentenced to 10 years and has served 5 of them (so far).So you're saying that without has it sounds like served is in past tense instead of present perfect reusing the first 'has'.I interpret signed here as present perfect tense, borrowing the have before paid.What do you...

To me, it does (in this sense), but it's less usual to use the past tense ("have gathered") in this way, so it kind of throws you off course (especially since it's not followed by "that").

Thanks, CJ. I understand would love = want to. You pointed what I'm stuck with. I think the sentence is technically not a conditional, because Steve is going to run the ad here whether the audience has seen it or not. Actually he does, I've seen it on iTunes. I remember that my grammar...

Hi,I have trouble distinguishing what looks to be an object-less passive (or possibly, a participle acting as an adjective) and present perfect in conceptual terms. How are they different functionally?Everything is changed. vs. Everything has changed He is arisen vs. He has arisenAlso,...