I refused to go, until I saw all the pictures. 1) When choosing the tense and aspect of the main clause, I do not consider the subordinate clause to make my decision, do I? That is, when I make the decision, I consider only the

Hi Mr. Wordy, Appreciate your comments... My particular interest on this discussion is to settle my own doubts in the correct usage of the subjunctives. I was taught that when we use verbs of mandative nature, the verb following the

Dear Avangi and Anon, Saying Having run short of options in isolation is impossible, since the structure itself is a non-finite complex verb phrase, so it asks for a finite clause, as in Having run short of options, he decided to ask his friends

I wish... happened now is not correct. You can say It would be nice if ... happened now or I hope ... happens now or I wish ... would happen now. However, I wish... happened refers to something in the past, not "now" or in the

1. Before they arrived, I had finished cooking and had set up the table. 2. Before they arrived, I had finished cooking and set up the table. When using past perfect in the main clause, do I use "had" before all past particles ?

Hi Yaggy, I'm no expert, but perhaps I can help. She is getting more beautiful every day . I get, you get, he/she/it gets is the simple present tense. I am getting, You are getting, He is getting is the present continuous - the

"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Can I change had into have in the sentence above? No. If you possibly can, you need to keep all the parts of the sentence in the same point of view with regard to

Hi everyone I am having some difficulty with my grammar and would really appreciate it if someone could check/correct my answers to the following questions; Identitfy the form in the following sentences: 1) The plane leaves at 10:00 tomorrow. 2)

Hi LiJ Even though a verb is in the past tense in English, that doesn't necessarily mean that the action occurred in the past. That's why the term preterit, or preterite, is sometimes used to refer to such verbs. The modal/defective

Are verbals the only types of verbs that are not able to be the main verbs in a sentence, UNLESS there is an auxillary verb which can then make it the main verb? I don't often use the term "verbal". It means "a non-finite form