By Past tenses, Plurals

In the case of the 3rd-person singular, there is no cause for ambiguity: beat ~ beats. In other cases, such as 3rd-person plural, there could be some ambiguity: they almost beat us yesterday, they almost beat us every time we play. Context would normally make it clear.

1. After "If I", we must make the next word past tense ? Like If I SAT next to you, or If I SIT next to you ?2. Why doesn't have instead of doesn't has ? Since doesn't means singular and has is categorized as singular ? He doesn't have instead of doesn't has ?3. Why...

Sitting at my writing desk beside the open window, and working on my English assignment, I was stunned/amazed by the soft evening glow, gently landing on my blank sheet and covering the white space with their yellow and orange shades, seemed like gold. A few comments: 1. "Stunned"...

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing. "Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy? Whom is she talking to? Her date?? "Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date...

was or were In the ordinary past tense of the verb to be, was is the first and third person singular: I was late and were is the second person singular and the plural: You were right. It is not acceptable in standard English to use were for the first and third person singular: I were late,...

Hi,I think it's definitley "was". The other, "were", doesn't make sense there. There are no conditionals, so it's just a past tense. And it agrees with "it" because that's the way "it's/it was" is used idiomatically:It's John who decided to go.It's my parents who decided to go.It was Jenny who...

Hoa Thai wrote:Hi,Below are phrases that use 'In'. To me, the first one is correct. For the rest, I think using 'In' with plural 'days' is okay, except the last one, which looks and sounds odd. Hi Hoa ThaiThe original question was not simply one of using 'in' with 'days'. There are plenty of...

Not all words work the same way! The plural of cactus is cacti, but I've learned here the plural of status (in Latin) is status, with a different pronunciation. (And we're not talking in Latin anymore anyway.) Just like sing takes sang in the past, while bring takes brought, not all word with...

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) ...

Hi, can you explain for me this one.We were there yesterday. or We was there yesterday. You need to study the verb 'be', in past tense. I was You were (for both singular and plural) He/she/it was We were They were Next time, please start a new thread for a new question. Thanks, Clive