Dear Mr Micawber, the issue in question is not that elementary as it may superficially seem to be. Telling students that the distinction between tense forms is neutralised in our example does perfectly well in most instances, but those who seek

I might be wrong, but I'm afraid "Who has completed all the exercises" might be ok, and "Who has demolished such a beautiful cemetary" might not. I see that in Jim's and Amy's examples there always seems to be an

I wrote by myself, so it might have a lot of grammar mistakes...I really need your help,any proffesor check my grammar, sentence,pls. I could tell that my friend was excited by the looks of her face. Natalie was going in for the talent

It is 'incorrect' only in the regional English which you are prescribing I'm not defending a regional dialect of English. I'm pointing out the correct form of the 3rd conditional spoken throughout England and other English

I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are

This should answer your question: What is the difference between learned and learnt? These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn.  Learnt  is more common in British English, and  learned  in American

Ever since means "from a time in the past up to the present time." This is used with the present perfect tense (have + past participle), since the action is not finished in the past. The simple past is most common in the clause

. 1.He went home as he was told. -- It is obvious that the telling must precede the going 2. He bought the food item as he was asked to. -- as #1 3. He bought the bag of chips as he was told. -- as #1 4. The day before he came, she told him that

"Tell me about a time when you've had to work under intense pressure." You see, if it's me, i would say "tell me about a time when you had to work under pressure." i would use past tense. because it's an event

Hi. In beginning paragraphes, which is copied for this inquiry, in a YAHOO! NEWS article titled "Newest US troops in dangerous region near Kabul" by JASON STRAZIUSO, dated Monday, February 16th, 2009, we can see there are some present