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Aha! This one is a little difficult. Absent earlier context setting the present time, "earlier in the evening" does two things. It establishes that the present time is this evening . And it establishes that Chavez picked the thing up at some time earlier this evening . Well, I guess...

Just to summarize: had arrested = past perfect form of the verb 'arrest' had to = simple past form of 'have to' Although it is more common to say 'the police', the word 'police' is also sometime used without the definite article ('the') -- especially...

The following is from a newspaper article: "Hill told reporters in December, after visiting North Korea, that he had not seen a draft of the declaration but that U.S. and North Korean negotiators had had extensive talks about what the U.S. expects to see in the list of nuclear programs." ...

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:...

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...

CalifJim wrote: I don't know of any special name for the expressions It's time and wish . CJ Well I did some work on the internet and got some useful links. You said that you don't know any specific name for the expression but I've found one. Please verify is it correct or not. It's called...

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...

Maserati wrote: After she knew her subordinate affiliated with IBM Company, she made many eulogies and promised to back away from IC field. "Once she knew her subordinate had affiliated with the IBM Company, she was very complimentary and promised to move away from the IC...

Hello, Mr Pedantic. May I call you Mr P? Of course you may, JTT. {Please don't ever take my direct manner in these discussions as any type of personal attack. I only want to address the facts. If I believe you or anyone to be in err, I'll plainly say so and I hope you and others...

Hi! I was reading an article about Homo sapiens and I read: "We believe their ancestors may have reached the island using bamboo rafts." Is the use of present perfect correct? I'd have used simple past or past perfect? Can someone explain me? Thanks