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Re: Is " was purchased " past perfect tense?

Hi,First thing first, let's give the verb forms their correct names. was purchased >> past simple, passive had struggled >> past perfect is purchased >> present simple, passiveThe time sequence in your example sentence is something like this: 1. in the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Tanit 56 days ago Verbs Dates Tenses Past perfect Simple past Past tenses Past simple Present simple
Is " was purchased " past perfect tense?

I really wondered about it... In my text book, there are examples about how to use past perfect tense. Like :I had eaten the cake before I went to sleep.He has done his work and went to play computer games.And then today when I was reading my book, I saw an example is like :Until the new software...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by loveCZ 56 days ago Dates Tenses Past perfect Past tenses
Memos show Clinton turmoil

Memos show Clinton turmoilQuestion: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe?BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE | <email addresses removed by mod.>August 13, 2008Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate the email...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Jackson6612 101 days ago Regards Articles Plurals Dates Tenses Clauses Negatives Past perfect Colons Expressions Commas Paragraphs Apostrophes Hyphens Semicolons
Re: tense - why wrong?

Perfectly grammatical. As I mentioned in a previous post in this thread, the past perfect is the tense for cases when the events are not being told in the order in which they occurred.Actual order of events: The High Court found the boy guilty. (Later,) the World Court threw out the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 177 days ago Dates Tenses Clauses Past perfect Present perfect
Re: Reported Speech

Hello. Sorry to hear you're feeling uncomfortable with this type of activity. But you're not alone: I would be, too!The sentences lack context, which makes it difficult to tell when tense changes are necessary and when they are not (among other things).There is one sentence that is wrong...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by miriam 236 days ago Verbs Dates Constructions Tenses Present continuous Past perfect Expressions Present perfect Past tenses Direct speech Indirect speech
Re: Martha has lived in Europe and Asia when she was little

Amy, Thank you for taking the time for the detailed explanation. I understand and in principle agree with almost everything you said. However, there is still some kind of glitch in our thoughts interpreting that particular sentence. Either my head is so thick that the signals from you can not...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 1 yr 8 days ago Grammar Verbs Dates Tenses Stative verbs Past perfect Simple past
Re: Direct Narration and Indirect Narration

"On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Union announced that all its troops had left Afghanistan."As I see it, there is another reason for using the past perfect in this sentence: The date of the past announcement is specifically stated. The past perfect puts the time the troops left further in the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 1 yr 232 days ago Dates Tenses Past perfect Simple past Past tenses
Had hoped

One protester carried a banner that read: "The martyrdom of the father of two martyrs inspires the resistance to victory," a reference to Saddam Hussein and his two sons, Uday and Qusay, who were gunned down in a battle with US troops in 2003. The BBC's Peter Greste in Baghdad says Prime...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Rex 1 yr 326 days ago Dates Tenses Past perfect
Reported speech: To shift or not to shift

The teacher said that ice melts at 32 F. - That's pretty obvious but what about:Lucy said that she first met / had first met her husband in a supermarket.I'm pretty sure that it's not necessary to shift the tense but which is more natural / common? With or without the tense shift?And what...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Pastsimple 2 yr 97 days ago Dates Tenses Past perfect Past simple

Anonymous wrote:I realized how exhausted I was, and how little I was looking forward to what LAY ahead. Is this correct? What should this be? Thanks! Hope this article helps ..... LANGUAGE CORNERLie, Lay, and All That Lie This to Rest? BY EVAN JENKINS No, of course not. But the confusion...

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