By Grammar, Writing letters

I have noticed that my way of analyzing English differs to an extent from what is taught in the Anglo-Saxon countries. This is how I see your examples:There was never any stopping it. Stopping is a gerund. It is used (without a verb immediately before it) after a form of to be (was), and that is...

Goodman wrote: Hi Matt, I was merely sharing with you my perspective of your letter. I did say “I got the idea”; didn't I? Since you “begged” so sincerely, so I gave you my honest opinion. Responding to your comments, I’d say this. Writing letters aside, if we ask a few people to describe an...

Hi everybody, This is my first "post" in here.Please help me correct the grammar. Thanks! Communication has always been an important part of our everyday lives. Many of us have composed a letter before, perhaps a note to a loved one or a memo at work. In the past, many of these messages might...

Anonymous wrote: I dare to ask Mr. Paco how the sentence "I have been writing letters all morning." can insinuate the notion that s/he is continuing to write a letter even if it is assumed to be morning. I dare to ask Mr. Paco for further edification. Hello AnonIf we are not given any other...

With regard to I have been writing ..., you end your post with the question so you mean i I have done six letters The answer is "No". When I explain have been writing in terms of were working on, I don't mean have done; I mean have been doing. Maybe a point of confusion lies with the...

The usages of the present perfect tense are: 1.Actions which started in the past and are still continuing 2.Actions which happened at some unknown time/unspecific time/unfinished time in the past,which meansit's important to say that something happened (or didn't happen).3.Actions which happened...

Thanks for your replying, but I have some questions about them: I have been writing letters all morning. This says what activity you were involved with all morning, that is, during the entire morning. It is still morning and you may still be writing letters or you may have decided to stop...

CalifJim has written an excellent summary here. May I just add a couple of observations of my own. CalifJim wrote:You may be driving yourself crazy trying to make every sentence with a present perfect tense fit into one those three categories! I have written six letters this morning.This...

I dare to ask Mr. Paco how the sentence "I have been writing letters all morning." can insinuate the notion that s/he is continuing to write a letter even if it is assumed to be morning. I dare to ask Mr. Paco for further edification.

Hello MIA6Are you a native speaker? If so it's very interesting to me. I'm a Japanese, who have learned English rather for a long time but still find it tough to catch the exact sense and usage of English present perfect tense. I'm afraid you might feel ill to hear about the grammar of your...