v This is a noun , but it is being used as an explanation Congratulating / Congratulations for you on this happy day. ^ this is a preasent progressive verb a big no no when talking to someone about them When congratulating a person, tell them

English presents a number of issues to non-native (and sometimes native) speakers. It is grammatically unlike other languages, even those from which it has borrowed large vocabulary groups, and possesses a number of irregularities. Understanding

Hello; the following text was taken from a grammar book, and i can't see the point the author wanted to convey. "Other uses of the progressive aspect It may be used especially following the auxiliary will or shall with the special

Hi. Thank you very much for taking time to answer questions of mine. I think it might be better to stop here since this thread is gettin long, but allow me to ask this one more question (this has been bothering me for some time). You wrote

Thank you so much for your lengthy reply. You wrote this response, in addition to quoting some writing of mine. Anonymous “2. He was talking to me and she felt she had embarrassed him. -- Same line of arguement as no. 1 applies

I think what could be said about a past perfect tense is it is used to note that one event precedes the other. I also think in most cases it is used to definitely denote an event has ended. One event precedes another that is already in the

I think what could be said about a past perfect tense is it is used to note that one event precedes the other. I also think in most cases it is used to definitely denote an event has ended. Please correct the grammar of my writing if necessary, as

Sometimes, in jest, I will throw a "used to didn't" in a conversation, just to be sure the others are paying attention. It is only recently that I discovered that with the auxiliary did n't , use d to is probably incorrect. The

Firstable sorry for my english, but I hope to explain in the most clearly way which are my doubts . ... se avrei i soldi, comprerei una macchina 'If I *would have the money I would buy a car' (2° conditional) In English we would say:

Source: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html#preposition Non-Errors (Those usages people keep telling you are wrong but which are actually standard in English.) Split infinitives For the hyper-critical, ³to boldly go where no man has