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Hi ABCD. You need to come back on this. The grammar in both versions is identical (continuous). Only the number of years has changed.

Hi teachers, My grammar book says the present perfect is used with "Until now", but why do they use the past perfect in the following sentence that I have picked up from a British newspaper The West Country – where the Ministry of Defense has a number of high-security establishments –...

Hello Goodman, You are really THE BRAVE ONE! – Thank you for sharing your words. Without yours, I thought maybe I trespassed some secret ground or people might have felt the answer is so obvious not worth spending more time for a further discussion. The reason I explore...

BeginStudent wrote: The answers from n2g 100% correct ? if yes i have question in number two sentence : - When have they told you? - why did you changed it to present prefect continuous ? Hi Moshe Yes, all of New2grammar's answers are 100% correct. New2grammar correctly used the simple...

WANG CHUN wrote: 1. A ncient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life. My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more, so using the present...

Hello, I want to make sure I understand the meaning of these sentences well: I think both of them are grammaticly correct, aren´t they? 1) I´m reading an interesting book this month. 2) I´ve read an interesting book this month. ----------- If I say "I´m reading an interesting...

Well, 2 and 3 sound legit. However, native speakers use bad grammar without knowing it if it is used a lot. Maybe we need to move "just" in 2 before "before", LOL "Nice timing! I had put my helmet on just before you called." Number 3 I think is more often used by Americans. If...

I think I understand it now, thx for the explanation abbie . Just one more question about your first example - Lemon and Jack have learned some grammar: I would have used past tense, would that be wrong or would that just have another meaning? Because you said that they learned it in the past but...

For my home grammar assignment I am to "describe the form of the verb phrases in the following sentences (:finiteness, tense, modality, aspect, voice): 1. The house had been painted a bright red before it was sold. 2. Pigeons will be nesting on the statue's head. 3. It is good to have seen...

You will find two instances of past perfect tense in the above. 1. A minister said the country had had no warning of Sunday's giant .. 2. "If the country had had such an alert system in place, we could have warned the coastal areas of the imminent danger .. Are they fine? I think the...