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Hi, in the morning is a very flexible adverb, which means it can modify almost all sentences and verbs. One example of an adverb you can't always use the way you want is yesterday , for example. I will go to New York yesterday <-- This is incorrect, it doesn't make sense, right? But...

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours " The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were performed THROUG H OUT the next ten years"-- many times /every year in that period b) "He had...

1 - I think you might possibly use uninterruptedly as an adverb modifying continued , but the more usual word is the adjective uninterrupted , thinking of continued as a linking verb with a meaning similar to was . His work continued to be uninterrupted. 2 - You may recall that the present...

Dear teachers, Would you please help me with the following difficuties? 1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were (?) performed...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Which one of the following is correct? If all are correct, what situations would warrant one and not the others? Thank you/ - Please do not sit on the couch until you have gotten permission. - Please do not sit on the couch before you have gotten permission....

CalifJim wrote: Kooyeen, Were there any other adverbs with this property (nearly always require a perfect tense in BrE)? Or just just ? I'd be interested, because I think there are several. I believe already is another, for example. I was told "just, yet, already, ever, never" had to be...

You can't mix a present perfect tense ( have spoken ) with an adverb or similar expression indicating the past ( yesterday ), so only the first of your two sentences is correct. CJ