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

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

Does a participial clause have to assimilate the aspect (as well as the tense) from the main clause? No. Neither. The participial clause has no tense. It's a non-finite clause. It's only when you rephrase it as a finite clause that you

Does a participial clause have to assimilate the aspect (as well as the tense) from the main clause? No. Neither. The participial clause has no tense. It's a non-finite clause. It's only when you rephrase it as a finite clause that you

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. 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

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

Hi. Would you say the past perfect tense is correct for a backshifted-version tense for both the past tense and present perfect tense? eg, John says, "Joe went to school." Reported speech: John said that Joe had gone to