By Grammar, Present tenses

I can't give you any reason why the author has used the present tense here. It doesn't sound right to my ear.

Well...any "good books" could have its insufficiencies (Think why PEU has so many editions so far). I'm not saying that PEU is not good, in fact, it is one of the best grammar books I've ever read. I've read many grammar books so far, and I realized that it's...

Hi, I am a new member here. I like this forum because it helps me to learn grammar. I have a question about these phrases. " If I had more time, I could have traveled the world" or " If I were you, I would buy a house." when you are saying of writing these phrases, you are in...

Thank you very much, Jim. May I ask one more question? As for the first pair of sentences, which is better? I ask this because I saw my grammar book saying "If the main clause and relative clause mean the same future time, we use future tense in the main clause, and present tense the...

I would say so. I took it that you were no longer trying to visit the site because of the problem.Everytime I visit the site, the page takes ages to load.

My grammar book tells me that "present tense" usually cannot be used to represent "one-time action happens in the present time". For example, "He sleeps in bed" doesn't necessarily mean that he is sleeping in bed right now (present action). But I saw these...

Hello, everyone. I learned from my grammar book that we often use present tense to refer to future in "in case-clause". Like: I always take an umbrella in case it rains. I've bought a chicken in case your mother stays to lunch. In those cases, I found that all the verbs in main...

I would never have noticed this thread if someone hadn't told me about it, LOL. Yes, I was told the same thing too, and I always hear and read it that way... that is, with the past tense. If you look for examples from native speakers on the net, you'll see they all use the past. I...

Hi, everyone. I have a question about tense which I couldn't figure it out. Almost all my grammar book says we will use "present tense" to express "future events" in if-clauses. If it rains tomorrow, I'll stay at home. If it is fine tomorrow, we will go swimming. The...

Hi Cute572 1. Sitting at my writing desk and working on my assignment, I become captivated by the soft evening rays, pouring in through the side window and gently covering my sheet in their yellow and orange shades. "Become" is fine (if you've decided that you want to write the...