What about: Has she really done what is best for the kids. Is this sentence correct? Yes, of course! Actually, it's much better than the original "Has she really done what was best for the kids", as 'is' indicates that

Hi, Sentence #1 is from a native speaker. #2 is my version. Do they convey different meanings? Why the speaker chose ‘had had’ over just ‘had’? 1. Then I recounted a conversation I had had with Barbara. 2. Then I recounted a

(Sorry, both c and i were meant to be written as you corrected: would + past perfect.) Two very important points point I must grasp. PLease help...again. *I thought that if I kill a man, I will go to jail. 1. Can you not

No, your answers are confused. A-- Simple past statement. The train left as soon as he arrived; he was probably able to board it. B-- Past progressive, showing an action in process. Strictly speaking, the train was moving when he arrived

Like some of you already mentioned, a sentence like " If he took my advice , he did the right thing." is not a true conditional sentence... I think that for a sentence to be truly conditional it must be about something that we know

In my opinion this question is most likely to be asked using the simple future. What will you be in ten years? The future perfect is often used when you want to express how much/many of something has been completed by a point in time

I'm sure people will disagree on this. I suppose it's correct, but It would be a lot more comfortable if the "knowing" and the "being" were in the same tenses. Then, we have to wonder if "were" is present

I'm glad this could be of help, English 1b3! The discussion I read on conditionals doesn't mention that the second conditional can refer to the present as well as the future??? Let me suggest a classification of conditional clauses that

I told my mom she has gotten a ticket for not speaking English. OR I told my mom she had gotten a ticket for not speaking English. What's the difference between the two sentences? I know one is present perfect and the other past perfect but

Hi, Here is my conclusion after reading all this post, Could anybody correct me? The first one is more common but Which do you think it is the better one? Both are fine. What do you mean by 'better'? (1)After she read the