I have two questions; 1. She was listening to the radio 2. She listened to the radio Please correct me if I am wrong question 1. She was listening to the radio. Informs me she is currently listening to the radio. My reason is very

Hi, Qesution: Are my ways to summary my past achievements in 1 sentence correct? Past achievements: A: I improved the understanding of my students. B: Most student s passed their exams This sounds like it was the students' achievement.

It's very commendable to know gerunds, infinitives (split or otherwise) pronouns etc., etc., and all the correct grammatical terms and usages, but I sometimes think intelligent people, such as yourself, should ease up on the academic pursuit

Hi. What is the difference? Your sentence: #1 After having read the recipe, she baked a cake. And this: #2 Having read the recipe, she baked a cake In sentence #1, having read the recipe is a gerund phrase (grammatically a

Hi Angelista, 1. Martha was here at noon. She told me about their plans. The first sentence suggests that Martha is not here anymore, otherwise we would say "Martha has been here since noon", or even "Martha arrived at noon/

Yes, they happen at the same time. But we only know this from the context, or the meaning of the words. Actually, two things expressed in the same sentence by the simple past tense could have happened centuries apart. I would have found another

Let's correct the sentence first. His playing the guitar at night has caused me to lose sleep for many days. tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense The underlined part is a gerund, so its tense cannot be changed. It has

. Hi. Please tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense as it seems to me that the event happened before his or her having been embarrassed. -- No, it was an ongoing phenomenon. How in the world do you think your 'past

Hi. Please tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense as it seems to me that the event happened before his or her having been embarrassed. Sorry, did I correctly put the possessive phrase ( I don't know it's the right

1. There is disagreement. Some people think gerunds are nouns and thus only my is correct in their opinion. You can read about the subject of the gerund here. 2. I would prefer the simple past suggested as it probably didn't take the boss