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This is the use of the past perfect. You use the past perfect when you have two events that happened in the past and you want to put them together in one sentence. The event that happened firts is spoken in past perfect which means you have to use the auxilary "had + verb in past...

Hoa Thai wrote: Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the...

Belly wrote:Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the other uses the past...

Lin1978 wrote:Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle phrase, I have to keep both two subjects or change...

Hi, I wonder what are the differences between these sentences? Here are a a few brief comments. The repetitious use of the gerund 'writing' + the verb 'write' in the same sentence is poor style. Let's talk about an essay instead. This is an essay that I have written. Suggests the essay has...

Clive wrote: Hi, Can "quit" be used as both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"? - We stopped / quitted to have a break. - They stopped / quitted searching for the missing boy. Yes. When you use 'quit' like this meaning 'give up a task', the simple past tense is 'quit', ie it's...

Hi, Can "quit" be used as both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"? - We stopped / quitted to have a break. - They stopped / quitted searching for the missing boy. Yes. When you use 'quit' like this meaning 'give up a task', the simple past tense is 'quit', ie it's irregular. You don't...

Simple present. They all form a logical pattern. You are wrong about present perfect, by the way. am, is, are + -ing Present continuous was, were + -ing Past continuous am, is, are + anything else Simple present was, were + anything else Simple past has, have + been + -ing ...

Jackson6612 wrote:I think names for those six forms of certain verb are: Infinitive form, Simple Present Tense form, Simple Past Tense form, Past Participle, Present Participle. For example: to go, go, went, gone, going. I don't know the name for sixth form? Perhaps it's bare infinitive. But...

I think names for those six forms of certain verb are: Infinitive form, Simple Present Tense form, Simple Past Tense form, Past Participle, Present Participle. For example: to go, go, went, gone, going. I don't know the name for sixth form? Perhaps it's bare infinitive. But there is no...