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Re: These are only details

Hi Eff commas before BUT are very common in English and there s nothing wrong about that In English you generally use a comma when a pause in speech would be required or would make your text flow more smoothly It s very common and natural to make a little pause before introducing a contrasting...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by kooyeen 20 days ago Articles, Tenses, Clauses, Commas, Punctuation, Past Tenses, Writing, Sentences, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Speaking, Speeches, Mistakes, Languages
Re: dreamed and dreamt

These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb DREAM DREAMT is more common in British English and DREAMED in American English Answers com Dictionary Sneakv sneaked also snuck snŭk sneak ing sneaks USAGE NOTE Snuck is an Americanism first introduced in the 19th...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by anonymous 22 days ago American English, Articles, British English, Tenses, Past Tenses, Usages, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States, American, Languages
Re: Using 'the' in academic articles ...

Chacha Here are some more comments Beware that I am not professional writer I m only using my native language sensibilities In fact even if the facts about the transgressions you refer to specific incidents in the festival so the definite article is needed were accurately represented such as...

ESL Essay, Writing World by alpheccastars 38 days ago Tenses, Articles, Past Tenses, Definite Articles
Re: "could" and "would"

1 I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel Would you say that the could is the past of can here The conditional if it is meant to be Conditional III seems incorrect as it stands I suggest I would have liked to keep...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by mister micawber 45 days ago Articles, Tenses, Clauses, Past Tenses, Conditionals

Re: Why do they use past tense? (Video)
I understand that If they thought in that way in the past but not anymore now then they should use past tense If they thought in that way and still think so then they should use present tense right Or is it idiomatic Sorry to ask again just want to make sure This is the link youtube zy7veOnbjh8

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hongkie 46 days ago Articles, Tenses, Present Tenses, Past Tenses, Video

Re: Can someone please help me to check my grammar.

Dear BBG Please look at the corrections and study where you are making the most frequent mistakes Then you can learn not to make the same mistakes again Think about each entence that you write Think about the tense is it present past or future Did you use the correct verb form for the tense Does...

ESL Essay, Writing World by alpheccastars 73 days ago Essays, Grammar, Tenses, Verbs, Plurals, Articles, Past Tenses, Prepositions
Re: The “preterite perfect” (PrP)?

Here s more A corpus of nearly 1600 past time narrative verbs was created based on data from a police reality television show where the PrP was frequently observed Transcripts of the show were tagged for discourse and other contextual features in order to discover the most favourable contexts for...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by anonymous 88 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Past Tenses, Articles
Re: Where is the error (if any)?

quote user Avangi 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 As we read on we find that the invitation would have been for a one time piece on one particular occasion In this case we...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by ngngmaiphuong 152 days ago Articles, Tenses, Past Perfect, Past Tenses, Invitations
Re: Where is the error (if any)?

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 article for the newspaper As we continue...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by avangi 152 days ago Articles, Tenses, Past Perfect, Past Tenses, Invitations
I find/found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.

I find it difficult to park a the car along a the kerb I found it difficult to park a the car along a the kerb Suppose I found this to be the case some time ago and I still find this to hold true what should I say Should I use the present tense or the past tense Also could you please tell me what...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by peaceblinkfriend 168 days ago Articles, Tenses, Present Tenses, Past Tenses

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