Hi. I've been told " Gladiator " is an awesome movie. It sounds good. I was told gladiator is an awesome movie. Strictly speaking, it is not correct because of sequence of tenses. If you use past tense, you have to change all verbs

I started to speak right when he finished speaking/right when he was finishing speaking. What's the difference between these tenses? 1 I started to speak right when he was finished speaking. 2 I started to speak right when he finished

I told my mom she has gotten a ticket for not speaking English. OR I told my mom she had gotten a ticket for not speaking English. What's the difference between the two sentences? I know one is present perfect and the other past perfect but

Hi, the problem here is the difference between simple past and present perfect. There are a lot of thread about that in this forum, if take a look around with the search function. Generally speaking, if you want to mention something that happened

The past is just one word. (talked) The past continuous is was or were followed by the -ing form of the verb. (was talking, were talking) CJ

Hello, Can anyone give me a grammatical explanation for the differences between the statements below? Some folks will use had and others will omit it. I've noticed that my tendency is to use the second statements below as opposed to using

Hi Rames. Welcome to EnglishForums! I will try to answer and correct each of your questions. However, I'll also give you a tip for the future: When you post something here, try to avoid asking extremely general questions. Try to make your

what is the main difference between using a past tense and present tense? Act as if you found it in the trash is a good example. You act now as if you found it in the trash before now. Act as if you know what you are doing is another, showing the

. I don't need to be told what a native speaker likely uses, Huang; I have been one for 60 years. How long have you been a native speaker? The difference between B and A is the usual difference between simple past and present perfect. The only

"John Hatpin" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag Sure; but I had a look at the experiment, and ... I mean 'non-freeloading-commercial') and had a chance of being helpful. Yes, I did it too, for the same reasons as you, and