By English grammar, Tenses

for the same reason timid lovers like passive partners. The passive voice is safe. There is no troublesome action to contend with; the subject just has to close its eyes and think of England, to paraphrase Queen Victoria. I think unsure writers feel the passive voice somehow lends their work...

Hey fellasI have a question. I'm preparing for my english grammar exam and there's a question that keeps annoying me in one of the older exam papers.1. Comment on the use of the present tense in the sentences belowa)Peter lives in a somewhat run-down area close to Islington.What would i...

Thanks for the comment.. Yes, I have copied the question correct from a question paper for 7th STD students.I am finding it difficult to come to an answer for this too,.

No choice of tense will make this "sentence" correct. You can't end a sentence with "by the time": something else needs to follow, and the answer will depend on what that is. Are you sure you've copied the question correctly?

.There is no correct answer for your sentence, Janeesh. The sentence itself is ill-formed and carries no tense markers. Please re-check the original; it should read something like this:Sam .. a letter by the time we arrived in Mumbai. (Write)

I would like to have an exact answer for this Grammar Question.Complete the following sentence using the correct tense of the word given in the brackets:Question: Sam .. a letter by the time. (Write)Kindly answer me quoting rules...RegardsJaneesh

Hi,... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also:http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

Mr. Wordy, Could you help me understand why "the past tense of will" is not likely in the original sentence? A) By June, her diet was limited to bread and water. Anything else would induce the abdominal pain. I haven't studied English grammar as systematically as you probably...

Thank you so much ! That helps me a lot ! But , I have some english grammar question I am still confuse about. If there is a ' would ' , I am not allow to put any singular or past tense ? Oh, and should the ' will ' be corrected to would? So , is would the past tense...

> Have the payments went outThis is some kind of a dialect in AmE these days. Of course, not educated speech. You can find that for the last 150 years or so, so it is native. <>This is what Donna Richoux says about it in another forum: -------- I'm not sure why you think this is...