By Clauses, Universities

Hello, everyone: I've asked a question in http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionAboutTenseUsageSinceClause/gwxpb/post.htm , but I find out there are more than I need to ask, so I think it would be better to write a new post. Recently I saw several sentences using simple past and...

Hi, I am having trouble getting a firm grasp of the working of putting present-time clauses in a story or narratve that flows in past tenses -- which meant to tell something that has occurred in the past. I know if something still holds true or if something is a "universal" truth...

I think you have encountered a grammar "expert" who has very strong opinions about correct usage and little understanding of anything or anyone who disagrees with him. I once met a British teacher of English, an Oxford University graduate, who thought this is the only way to do it...

Fill the blank with suitable clause and also put punctuation where necessary. Mary wants a car which is affordable. NSW University is an open university where everyone is welcomed. We need a leader whom has a unique character. Don’t trust anyone who you have just met. A person who...

Hi, try to start with Ian MacKenzie: Financial English in Use published recently by the Cambridge University Press. This can help you if you have a problem with terminology. If you have a problem with legal institutes, try something else.By the way, if you have a problem with understanding...

Hi there, i need someone to correct my letter of appeal against the School of Medicine's decision. They have denied my appeal to repeat my second year. Now i have to appeal to the university board to fight against the Medical school decision. I think my letter need to be arranged in more focused...

I saw the following third conditional sample sentences from an educational webpage: 1. If I had not gone to university in Spain, I would not be bilingual. 2. If you had attended the training seminar, you would be familiar with the new operational procedures. 3. If we had not felt we...

Dear Goodman,When I wrote "you could be right though!" I meant about the removing of the 'but' in "The store does not sell books as such, but it sells magazines ..."As I said in my first post, I don't use as such at all. The reason is its repetitive nature hiding behind as such. If I have to...

Hello, Hoa Thai. Although Goodman outstripped me and deserved the brave one's laurels, I'd like to add some of the comments which I had started typing yesterday in the university, but hadn't time to finish... Your reasonong is interesting but not fault-less. «As CalifJim clearly explains...

... her his help. <<Are the books we ordered/have ordered used by any other university here? Simple past or present perfect or both with different meanings? It seems to me that discourse grammar forces the use of "have ordered" because the question is in the present and the...