By Noun phrases, Tenses

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...

Hi,1. Attentively, he looks at each picture in the huge photo album to search for a familiar face that he can vaguely remember. 2. Attentively, he looks at each picture in the huge photo album searching for a familiar face that he can vaguely remember. You wrote, “I wouldn't disagree with...

1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your giving …’. ‘Giving’ is a gerund acting as a noun. What precedes a...

I would be grateful if someone could help me to resolve the following issues. 1. Which tense is correct for the following sentence? Clogged drain pipe has been cleaned and resumed in normal. Clogged drain pipe had been cleaned and resumed in normal. 2. As the limitation of typing...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...

Hi,They're not really the same, and no one really includes the other.I think linking verbs and stative verbs are 2 separate categories, but they're also 2 similar groups.They're different according to their definitions:- A linking verb is a verb link the relationship between subject and subject...

User_gary wrote: Philip wrote: User_gary wrote: I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? What you have is the present continuous tense.....and it really should be "I eat oranges every day....." OK, Thank...

Turkgokhan40 wrote: ............... many countries start paying more attention to the role of sports in life,many generations of youth will have grown up unaware of the uses of working up their bodies. A) While B) Before C) By the time D) During E) After I don't find an exact...

Goodman wrote: Ok, after some research on-line, I stand corrected. You are right. All the listings showed the verb after “the only one” as 3rd person. Learned something today my self! I am the only one the bracketed part is not a phrase though, it's a clause in my opinion. Hope I am...