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Re: Where is the error (if any)?

I completely agree with you about the tense error; however, my book somehow shows me that there is no problem with this sentences. That may be a printing error. Thank you for replying

ESL General English Grammar Questions by ngngmaiphuong 118 days ago Articles, Tenses, Past Perfect, Past Tenses, Invitations
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The only problem I see is a small one, possibly logical. When you say, "I've been invited to write for the newspaper," it's understood to mean on a regular basis. In the case of a one-time assignment, you might say, "I've been invited to write something / a piece / an...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Avangi 118 days ago Articles, Tenses, Past Perfect, Past Tenses, Invitations
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Hi, For these sentences from the article, "Putting Pressure in Its Place", by Ruth Bell Graham, in ChristianitToday magazine, would please confirm my analysis? I had no sooner gotten started when I got word that a Chinese pastor and his wife I had been permitted to call on in...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 216 days ago Articles, Tenses, Past Perfect, Modals, Past Tenses
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What do you think of this sentence, which I have read in the Arab News Newspaper of Wednesday 28 Nov. The sentence is as follows: "Iran yesterday announced that it has built a new missile with a range sufficient to put Israel and US bases in the Middle East within easy reach..." Source:...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Magic79 1 yr 6 days ago Articles, Verbs, Tenses, Past Perfect, Simple Past, Present Perfect, Past Tenses
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Hi, I think this is what is happening eventhough I might not be an authoritative source on this. Newspapers are written to inform and with that purpose in mind, the people involved in reporting events do their best to write articles in consideration of space, aesthetic appeal?, and other...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 1 yr 139 days ago Articles, Tenses, Past Perfect, Past Tenses
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Hi, Philip. I sometimes am confused about a real need to comply with the sequence like something happened before this and happened after that for a perfect tense. I was reading an article titled "Lake Tahoe wildfire forces evacuations" written by Aaron Davis of the Associated Press in YAHOO!...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 1 yr 161 days ago Articles, Tenses, Past Perfect, Past Tenses
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Alienvoord wrote: thanks CB. The labels may not be important, but if we are to understand the structure of English, it's important to understand that the verb form used in your first example has a quite different distribution from the forms in your second and third examples. Calling them...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 2 yr 125 days ago Articles, Grammar, Verbs, Tenses, Nouns, Pronouns, Past Perfect, Subjunctives, Past Tenses
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thanks CB. The labels may not be important, but if we are to understand the structure of English, it's important to understand that the verb form used in your first example has a quite different distribution from the forms in your second and third examples. Calling them "present subjunctive"...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Alienvoord 2 yr 125 days ago Articles, Verbs, Tenses, Past Perfect, Subjunctives, Past Tenses

Anonymous wrote: I realized how exhausted I was, and how little I was looking forward to what LAY ahead. Is this correct? What should this be? Thanks! Hope this article helps ..... LANGUAGE CORNER Lie, Lay, and All That Lie This to Rest? BY EVAN JENKINS No, of course...

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Rotter, The reason for using past perfect tense is to illustrate the event(s) occurred in the past with more time reference. The during of the event decides whether it requires a simple past pr past perfect tense. e.g. It rained yesterady -finished vs. It had rained for the weeks in...

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