By Past tenses, Marriage

Hoa Thai wrote: Dear all, First, I would like to thank you in advance for reading this rather lengthy post of mine. I do need to lay out my thinking and reasoning as wide as I can so you can best help me to untangle my own confusion...

Tommyensr wrote: for example, When we arrived at the concert, the band had been performing for half an hour already. Fortunately, the concert was three hours long, so we saw most of it. from the example, the concert had not ended yet completely. How had started in the past and kept...

Julie127 wrote: All: Would someone please help me? I am about to get married and want to send out my invitations. Would someone please tell me if the grammar and punctuation is correct? Two lives, two hearts,joined together in friendshipunited forever in love.It is with joy that we,David and...

People thought differently then Many classical novels focus on the theme about social standing and love,disaproved by society (parallel issues) .In these books the main characters fight for the right to be loved and to live happily.One such romantic fiction is George...

It is only a matter of time before (something happens) means We are not going to need to wait very long before (something happen). In short, this part of the sentence is written from the past point of view. The writer knows what happened, that is, he knows what was going to happen,...

It was only a matter of time before money transformed that most intimate of private domains, love and marriage, as it has almost everything else in this booming country. (Shanghai Journal) Why use the past tense here?

Meantolearn wrote:It's a movie's title. Someone asked why not "Brokenback Mountain"? Can anyone explain? Do you say, "I've got a broke back" or "I've got a broken back"? Thx Note: Broken is the past participle of the verb break and usually used as an adjective. For instance, a broken arm,...

It's a movie's title. Someone asked why not "Brokenback Mountain"? Can anyone explain? Do you say, "I've got a broke back" or "I've got a broken back"? Thx Note: Broken is the past participle of the verb break and usually used as an adjective. For instance, a broken arm, leg, head, window,...

Hi Antonella, Let's give it a go. I am going to try and give you some ideas. First, the Duke of Ferrara was a real man, who had 2 wives. Everything else in the poem has been imagined by Browning. 1.. Start by giving a brief definition of a dramatic monologue and its features. I gave you a...

Why can "happened" be used? Didn't it happen before "remember"? According to the rules, we should use "had happened". But "happened" does exist. Can you explain it more clearly, Mr Just the Truth? JT: Sorry for the delay, Qingqing. {how do you say your name? I know a little Chinese girl named...