In Football^x, Tenses^x

Hey :], like many others im in the college admissions process as well. It would be greatlty appreciated if someone could read my essay over and let me know what you think. Suggestions, comments, corrections are all welcome. The format got a little funky when I pasted it on here. The essay topic...

Did it snow this time last year? seems a little too specific. I would take it almost as Did it snow on this date last year? Hardly anyone would remember such a thing. I think, therefore, that unless I were consulting a meteorologist regarding real weather data, I would use Was it snowing this...

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Hi Vincent, Can I say, (i) Every weekend, John practices playing football because he has a football competition. One day, John was playing football alone. He kicked the football / kicked with the football hard and it rolled into a deep and big drain. You need to remove all the repetition. (ii)...

1. While last year was generally good for properties in Malaysia, news of the credit crunch in the US which resulted from the sub prime mortgage crisis had become troubling by year-end. 2. He was angry because as a football player, he has never been substituted before. Or "He is angry...

I have highlighted errors. You use "he" and "your" and "I" so it's not clear who you are talking about. Your capitalization is uneven, and you need to use the past tense.

Hi, Thanks for the reply. By football, I should stress that I meant "soccer", so training in this respect would involve lots of running and so on...

Hi, I'm unsure when we should use these words. For example: "This summer's pre-season training (for football) has been the most intense/intensive I've ever been/gone through" Thanks

1. Well, "had" is the past tense of the verb "have", but I think you're asking specifically about its use as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense of other verbs: I played -- simple past tense I have played -- present perfect tense I had played -- past...

1. When to use "had" ? Since it serves as a past tense but I don't see it being used when it should like ... "I have played football yesterday" which is a sentence in past tense form but why have instead of had ? 2. We must make the word after "never" past tense...