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That's = that is and that was? No. Never was . There are no contractions with the past tense of to be ( was, were ). Since thought is past tense shouldn't it be that was No. It should not be That was . That still remains, even now, what I
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Shouldn't it be that was what we thought ? That was what we had planned but it didn't go through? Since it's all in past tense?
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That's = that is and that was? That's what I thought! Since thought is past tense shouldn't it be that was , but I searched online and that's is only that is or that has .
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Well, your sentences are not very good examples, but when someone uses 'Got...' (' Got any gold?' 'Got a match? ) in spoken English, it is a casual contraction of ' Have you got ', which is present perfect in tense and aspect.
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hello everybody!
I'd like to know something more about the expression "the time feels right".
I heard it while watching a video and I asked myself if it means that a particular moment is the right one to do something.. is it
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(1) He picked / picked up a comic (book) from the shelf. -- OK, but they don't mean the same thing. "picked up" means "grasped with the hand and lifted"; "picked" means "chose" or "selected".
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) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be
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Hi denna. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums! My only suggestion is that we would say, " It was most considerate of you." Note the past tense, " It was ." " It is (or the contraction, " It's ) most
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Had better is a solid expression which used to give advice You had better leave now, otherwise we are late on the bus. (If we don't hurry, we will be late). You had better check e-mail or you can miss the job you want. John'd better shut
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1 a) copulative 1b) Dictionary.com gives 2 reasons a) Past tense said is a contraction of "sayed", and b) the past tense said developed from Old English form segde. Either way, it is an irregular verb form. 2)I don't think there is a
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