You need to remember that most conversations take place in a real-life context. It's possible that a context for this would work. A: You just don't know what it's like to live abroad B: Sure I do. A: Yeah, right.

You need to remember that most conversations take place in a real-life context. It's possible that a context for this would work. A: You just don't know what it's like to live abroad B: Sure I do. A: Yeah, right. You wouldn't be

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

Most of what you say seems reasonable. Generally speaking: "He met (the) people who <past perfect tense>" means that the actions described were completed by the time he met them. "He met (the) people who <past

Thank you so much for your lengthy reply. You wrote this response, in addition to quoting some writing of mine. Anonymous “2. He was talking to me and she felt she had embarrassed him. -- Same line of arguement as no. 1 applies

It was the most exciting trip that I __. (A) have had (B) had had (C) have (D) had Hi, sitifan. I like the past perfect in this case. In my opinion the first tense refers not to the trip but to the evaluation. The second tense refers not to

some examples where the use of past perfect is optional since the sequence is clear. Hi, I grabbed these from Google, with a search for "had." Some may be what you're looking for. It seems to me that technically the past perfect is

Hi, We've had a bit of a disagreement about a sentence and the correct grammar for it. I will give you the sentence below, in context, bolding the sentence. Social Media is shaking up the marketing world. Traditionally, marketers broadcast

Hi, We've had a bit of a disagreement about a sentence and the correct grammar for it. I will give you the sentence below, in context, bolding the sentence. Social Media is shaking up the marketing world. Traditionally, marketers broadcast

Hi Rames. Welcome to EnglishForums! I will try to answer and correct each of your questions. However, I'll also give you a tip for the future: When you post something here, try to avoid asking extremely general questions. Try to make your