Thank you Clive for the critique. For the New York sentence, is there anything wrong or misleading in the construction that needs to be reworded. After the rewording, the original past perfect context has been erased. Maybe I tried too hard to

Hi, A sentence containing only a past perfect verb suggests an earlier time in the past. In the above example it could be over a hundred years but I think a broader context would probably answer that question. "The Rockerafella

Hi, Yes. But you need a context in which it makes sense to use the Past Perfect. Best wishes, Clive

I'm writing a college essay in which the sentence "After graduating from (college), he had taken the business world by storm." The context it is used in is within a eulogy. My question is whether the past perfect tense can be used

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

From where I stand, I see these 2 sentences in tense disagreement without additional context to support them. The first implies that Tony may no longer know the City. For the second one, It makes more sense to say: "Tony knows

Hi. In what sentential context would this sentence by Moivile be correct? Does it express a regret about something happened in the past like a past action or situation? Is it correct to use past perfect with the word "since" in a

Thank you, CalifJim, YoungBuddy, Mister Micawber Here are what I've learned so far. See if I got them right. Expressing Past Probability with "may have" in different scenarios: 1 Simple Past Where was he last night?

Hi, Could one say the following; is it correct? 1 That's not the inconsicuous relationship I had hoped to have. First of all, the underlined word is misspelled. I don't know what word you are trying to use. In

Your sentence in the past perfect is correctly constructed. Only with the context would we know if it is the proper time to use it.