1. Only (D) is possible: His grandpa has been dead for ten years. (A) is impossible because we cannot use present perfect with a specific time reference. (B) is gramatically possible but makes no sense unless after 10 years the grandfather was

Is this possible as reported speech? I think it sure is but why the past perfect passive is possible? I thought a passive sentence is usually used when the identity of an agent is not an issue. What could be the agent in this case? I met him

Hi, 1) Is this a conditional? I thought a sentence with an if-clause is not conditional if the word 'if' can be replaced by 'whether'. Incidentally, to me, the sentence can be replaced as such. Yesterday she threatened to call her

Goodman wrote: I don’t see how your sentences are not written in passive voice. They are as passive as passive can get. You wrote: I would translate the above into English as follows: An American soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday OR

Rex wrote: Un soldat américain a été tué en Iraq hier. The above is a passive sentence in French. I would translate the above into English as follows: An American soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday OR Yesterday, an American soldier was

Un soldat américain a été tué en Iraq hier. The above is a passive sentence in French. I would translate the above into English as follows: An American soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday OR Yesterday, an American soldier was killed in Iraq. I

Mister Micawber wrote: Future Simple (I will sit) Future Continuous/Progressive (I will be sitting) Future Perfect (I will have sat") Present Simple (I sit) Past Simple (I sat) Past Continuous/Progressive (I was sitting) Past Perfect (I had sat)