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<- O.P.Ah, thank you very much Clive. Your answer does clear things up somewhat. With that new light shed on the subject, I think the other problems I was having are less grammatical errors, and more just an issue with my naive logic attacking my... questionable skill with English grammar....

Thank you Jim. It seems to me, under the light of the following examples, without context either present perfect (continuous) or simple past can be used, but in most cases these time expressions are used in a context which requires one tense rather than the other. here here here (7th...

The author of „The Captive” author is Joyce Hansen. Joyce Hansen, a former New York City schoolteacher, is a well-known author of both fiction and nonfiction. Hansen was born and raised in the Bronx. She has written very many books for children and teenagers. „The Captive” is a historical...

You need to work on your organization and transition. I corrected one paragraph for you. Jamesvally wrote: According to Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), “genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration” According to Edison’s famous quotation, ninety-nine per cent of...

Lonnie Jones Instructor: Gina Fournier Composition 1520 11 February 2007 West Matters: A Review of Cornel West’s Race Matters The subject of race relations in the United States is no new topic. The matter of relationships between races dates back to the 17th century when the first...

Hi Could someone please review this paragraph for me?I'm worried about tenses. Thanks "According to another BOT member from school (C), although the majority of teachers were characterized by indifference in terms of their willingness to participate, there was always a group of people who were...

Please explain the above paragraph. Thank you. will used with the 4 aspect combinations in active voice: will take, will be taking, will have taken, will have been taking. The same 4 in passive voice: will be taken, will be being taken, will have been taken, will have been being...

Each modal can be used with the 4 aspects and 2 voices. Typically only the modal will is included in the count (I don't know why! would seems equally useful, for example, in indicating time relationships.), so this adds 8 more tenses for a total of 24 tenses. If we extend the count by...

Clive wrote: Hi, Hollioake's international career may well have resumed in 2003 had his brother and Surrey and England team-mate Ben not been killed in a car crash in 2002. Although Adam returned to Surrey afterwards, and even resumed his captaincy of the side, being named as one of the five...

wow, thanks for the help. Is there any quick way to improve my verb tenses (i know there's really no short cut in english) but because my next test is coming up really soon. If there's anything that can help me that would be great! thanks!