Hi Clive, Thanks for taking the time on my query. I guess what I had in mind when I used "had taken computer science for 2 semesters.." rather than the simple "took" was the deliberate intent to emphasize the duration I had

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. Thank you so much. Do you think the present tense and past tense in the part I am about to mention as I wrote it in the first post in an impossible (incorrect) combination? I am talking about the part "Have you worked hard at some

English is a difficult language to adopt as a second language for so many reasons. Your point about learning Japanese is irrelevant to this 'why English is difficult' conversation. In places like Canada, did you know the reason for having

You can wait more than 45 minutes before assuming no one will answer your post. Some of us even sleep at night. In another thread you said you didn't understand the perfect tenses. There is the present perfect tense: I

I'm still somewhat confused regarding the subjunctive mood. Suppose we are talking about two different people, two "hes", is this correct? (1) He is rich, and he wishes he were rich. (2) He was rich, and he wishes he

Thank you very much for the reply. I'm afraid my question is about the past perfect. When you want to talk about something in the past, like, you are talking about an old lady's life story, and you want to talk about when she was, say,

Thanks for coming in. In this situation, I am talking about a feature that was available in all the previous versions of the software but not in the latest one. So which one should I use, past perfect or simple past? Or both are acceptable?

Part of the English learning is to develop a sense when to use the proper tense for the context you have in mind. Most people we come across in our everyday life probably don't give too much emphasis in past perfect in conversation to

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