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Re: Tenses

My try: Uses of phrase "found out": (the city is going to raise taxes and the action of raising taxes hasn't iniitated.) 1) I found out that the city is going to/will/is planning to raise taxes.I don't see much difference with this:I found out that the city would will raise...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Doll 38 days ago Dates Difference between Tenses Past tenses
Re: Felt like...

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing. "Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy? Whom is she talking to? Her date?? "Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Avangi 52 days ago Verbs Nouns Adverbs Tenses Plurals Dates Present tenses Past tenses Whom
Re: I thought a spider is/was an insect

If you'll note the time of post, Jim and I posted a minute apart, clearly writing our posts at the same time. NO! "I thought..." REQUIRES past. Present tense is NOT possible! It doesn't have to turn out to be false.It can turn out that what you thought came true. A:...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Grammar Geek 76 days ago Dates Simple present Tenses Present tenses Past tenses
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 114 days ago Verbs Dates Constructions Tenses Present continuous Past perfect Expressions Present perfect Past tenses Direct speech Indirect speech
Sequence of tenses (#4)

Could anybody please help me understand why the following underlined parts are kept as a present tense, not a past tense? In my understanding, if they are followed by the rules of the "sequence of tenses," they should be a past tense, no?? Example 1: It would be unforgivable if this turns out...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Gori 203 days ago Dates Tenses Present tenses Past tenses
Re: inclusion vs. separation (present perfect and simple past)

Hoa Thai wrote: Dear all, First, I would like to thank you in advance for reading this rather lengthy post of mine. I do need to lay out my thinking and reasoning as wide as I can so you can best help me to untangle my own confusion...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 250 days ago Regards Dates Difference between Prepositions Tenses Expressions Simple past Present perfect Past tenses Marriage
Re: Passive

Lin1978 wrote:Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle phrase, I have to keep both two subjects or change...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 287 days ago Verbs Possessives Dates Constructions Tenses Clauses Gerunds Simple past Past tenses Conditionals Passive sentences

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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Goodman 289 days ago

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Re: Anybody to look at my English, please

Hi Doll, I didn't expect to make so many mistakes. Are you sure all that you've marked is wrong? It's mostly apostrophes though. I'm not that bad. Am I? So, the most pink sentence should be: The stake of Penta in the fund of Restitucny investicny (RIF) share capital increased...

ESL, Business and Finance English by StanoG 325 days ago Dates Tenses Apostrophes Past tenses
Re: Would you please check this passage from my resume

Hi again, So I need to say: Entrepreneurially minded. Yes What if I say: ...., entrepreneurship, ... (in a list of qualities, omitting the word "minded"). It's more dynamic if you list your qualities in the form of adjectives (eg strong, handsome, rich . . . ) Experience summary (What...

ESL, Business and Finance English by Clive 1 yr 66 days ago Dates Constructions Tenses Past tenses

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