Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

Hi, In the following sentences below, I can't understand the part underlined well. Past tense seems strange to me. Shouldn't it be "will keep" in the future tense? I hope to hear your opinions. Any idea will be welcomed.

Hi guys, In the following sentences below, I can't understand the part underlined well. Past tense seems strange to me. Shouldn't it be "will keep" in the future tense? I hope to hear your opinions. Any idea will be

Hello, I've recently developed a habit of wondering (often to the point of frustration) how and when best to combine the simple past and simple present tenses in a logical manner. I've looked at a number of guidelines establishing when to

Anon, First, you need to be appreciative of the help from other volunteers. Secondly, learners do not pick and choose whom they get the answers from. AlStar already gave you the correct explanation. I won't repeat it. On another note, all

The first "Joe had come" isn't necesssary. Definitely use the past perfect for the backshift in reported speech (the person said...). Use the past perfect for making the friend. It sounds far more natural. Continuing to use

When what I think is a situation of revisiting the prior moments of past perfect, I think it would be correct (appropriate?) to use a past tense rather than a past perfect tense. Let us pretend the writing started off with a past perfect tense.

Is 'might' a past tense form of 'may'? It depends on whom you ask. You certainly cannot always use might as a past tense of may but the sequence of tenses requires might in sentences like this: I knew that he might know the

Hi Eddie The problem with your sentences is that because you did not add something such as "He asked" or "She wanted to know" at the beginning of the indirect question, you have incomplete sentences. Look at my corrections and

Dear Friends, In the following sentence I have two things that I want you to have a look at: This example has been taken from Giora (2005) but I owe it to Ronnie Brosh, from whom Giora had borrowed it as a result of? a personal communication in