By Literature, Tenses

Hi MariusYou are right. There are lots of examples. I'll have to reword what I said: In my opinion I have got to do this is incorrect if used in the past tense.CB

CoolBreeze said:>I have got to do this is not used in the past tense and only the affirmative form is possibleI wouldn't be so sure. "I had got to do" is found in BrE, these are just some examples from the BBC, if you need something from the literature I'm sure I saw it...

From OALD:awake / awaken / wake up / wakenWake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody has finished sleeping:What time do you usually wake up?or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep:The children woke me up. I was woken (up) by the telephone.The verb awake is...

The paper is in MLA format and I had some trouble keeping it in present tense, block quoting a speech from poetry, and siting the poetry inside the paragraphs themselves help would be very very appreciated. sorry its so long. also I dont know if i like my closing statement, should I add more or...

Mister Micawber wrote:Briefly: American schoolchildren do not study grammar per se. Grammar mistakes in the written language are pointed out when they began writing essays. This can continue up into university level.That's interesting! I have been under an impression that sometime before...

I think when we write an essay about literature, we use 'present tense' no matter if the literature itself is in past tenseNot at all.And you are not creating reported speech when writing an essay; you are narrating the story.Do your example this way:Ben always remembers his glory in high school:...

I think when we write an essay about literature, we use 'present tense' no matter if the literature itself is in past tense. But for example, "Ben suddenly recalled his high school life. When he was in the ninth grade, he was very popular. But now, he was not. He was such an ordinary man. No one...

I belong to a country where English is used as a second language, so it is not my first language. A few days ago I appeared in an interview for the post of English Teacher. I want to share a few points of that interview for your worthy comments. I use A for interviewer and B for myself. ...

Answer the questions based on their tense. When we write about literature or films, we write in the present tense (an exception would be if we are including some kind of chronology.) 1. Alexander tames Bucephalas by... 2. The first piece of advice given is... 3. Demosthenes, during the battle...

In actuality, Dostoevsky is very well known in the U.K. and the U.S., you are just not talking with the right people. It is very embarrassing to hear that people do not appreciate Russian literature, and I can assure you, that is far far from the truth. Honestly, though I adore Dostoevsky's...