By Past perfect, Past tenses

.Very wrong. These are fine:I have never seen her before.I never saw her before.I never see her anymore.I'll never see her anymore..

thanks for the timely reply! you're superb active. thanks!!i agreed to almost all of your answers!however, my grammar text states that past perfect tense can be used to show an action that was completed some time ago. The example given is Joan had gone to England.So i was wondering whether if...

Greetings,I have a pretty big favour to ask.I've been struggling with this topic for quite awhile now.It goes without saying that my English "leaves something to be desired".Having in mind the subtle differences that occur from using particular tenses, I have often wondered how the...

Hi,When the repair person (A) had completed her work (B) was fixing the PCs in our office, she (C) put away her tools and (D) wrote out a bill for the supervisor.The answer key says (B) is incorrect but doesn't tell me what to change, so I think it could be corrected as follows:1. fixing2. to...

When the repair person (A) had completed her work (B) was fixing the PCs in our office, she (C) put away her tools and (D) wrote out a bill for the supervisor.The answer key says (B) is incorrect but doesn't tell me what to change, so I think it could be corrected as follows:1. fixing2. to...

Past perfect is fine here. There was a simple past tense event which the "had intended" preceded: " space constraints".

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

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...

I agree with Huevos on the second set. However, I feel the first is only good with the past perfect tense for reason I don't know. I just sounds wrong to use the past tense. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

There are several studies which have described that term.There were several studies which had described that term.Sometimes we use "studies" to describe the research process, and sometimes to describe the report of the reasearch and of the conclusions.When speaking of the report,...