By Grammar, Past perfect

Re: to focus - Passive or Active voice?

Complete any of the phrases above by adding any of these: frightened of snakes, interested in science, focused on his studies, tired of reading, fascinated by insects, bored with grammar.None of the resulting sentences has a passive construction.CJ

Past/present or past perfect tense in ?

A partial grammar question letter : ' "Hello Grammar Teacher, I would like to thank you for your edition. However, I am not able to understand the logic of your edition. Could you..." Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, At the time of writing the letter, I still have not understood...

Re: tense correction

"If we had lost, it would be because we hadn't chosen the right product to sell". Since the result is not out yet, I think your sentence cannot be in the past perfect tense. "If we lost, it would be because we chose the right product to sell". This is hypothetical. If...

Re: correction

Hi, "It's (ie it has) been a week since she called me." It had been a week since she called me Is using had been is wrong in the above sentence 'Had been' is correct grammar, but you need a context in which the Past Perfect is appropriate. In other words, if you...

Re: being carried out

.Hi, Sam.I had seen a lot of victims being carried out by stretchers1)Is this grammatically correct? -- Yes, but the past perfect is odd out of context; it demands another reference point in the past.2) But what is the second one? (being carried out by stretchers) -- It is a non-finite clause...

being carried out

Hello, Quoting an eyes witness "I had seen alot of victims being carried out by stretchers."1)Is this grammatically correc?2) If this is grammatically correct. There are two clauses in this sentence. First, "I had seen alot of victims"; Second, "being carried out by...

Re: reported speech

Either is OK. I prefer the past perfect in this case. He said he wouldn't pay because he had been told the fare was $300.Certainly not ... told the fare had been $300, however!CJ

Re: the tense

«I think that the example No. 2 is something common in the grammar books, except that it should be "rung"» Yep, thanks for the correction! As I said, textbooks often focus on the tense itself so narrowly that other conneceted info is sacrificed. As for the inversed use of the Past...

tense

Dear members, What is the different between simple past and past perfect? Can you name me any companions of our prophet who had proclaimed themselves as skeptic? or Can you name me any companion of our prophet who proclaimed himself as a skeptic? Im kind of lost here seriously. Somone please help...

Re: got/gotten

Hi FandorinYou seem to be mixing things up.Angliholic's sentence is not an example of the idiomatic "to have got", which means basically the same thing as "to have" or "to possess".In that idiom, it is not possible to change the word 'got' to...