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My try: Uses of phrase "found out": (the city is going to raise taxes and the action of raising taxes hasn't iniitated.) 1) I found out that the city is going to/will/is planning to raise taxes.I don't see much difference with this:I found out that the city would will raise...

Hello friends, I want to know to difference between past tense and present perfect. I always get confused with these pls help me.Give some examples.

First,. let me say that I agree usage-wise Nona and you. I also think that the mother-example is a good one - but it's not a perfect one. It's a good one, because it demonstrates the difference between the time of action and the time of speaking. Noun references are routinely rooted in...

Thank you so much ! That helps me a lot ! But , I have some english grammar question I am still confuse about. If there is a ' would ' , I am not allow to put any singular or past tense ? Oh, and should the ' will ' be corrected to would? So , is would the past tense...

There is no difference between may and might worth agonizing about. may sounds a bit more formal to my ear. And may cannot be used where a past tense is required in tense matching: I knew I might be late. Not I knew I may be late. In other situations, both are used the same way. Use the...

Do you know that fallen is the past participle of fall and fell is the past tense?>>No Can you eleborate on it or give me references and what is basic difference between past tense and past participle?

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Could a native speaker please respond to New2grammar's query? Many thanks.

What's the difference between "I thought I knew" and " I thought I know"? I was told that the verb following "I thougt" must be past tense. (Goodman, hope you don't mind me using your words. I don't mean to pick on you, just trying to learn from your...

An Anonymous' s post on the subject of the ' difference between 'can' and ' able ' contains a post thread (#354509 ) in which Mister Micawber says that 'can' and ' be able to ' have the same meaning and instructs the main poster to use ' I can't...