Since 1997 MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) (1) be created , until now almost twenty- three years, but many psychiatrists and psychologists figure out that most of MMORPG players are a ddicted to the game, and they are (2)

Hi, Are the following expressions gramatically incorrect? No. I have been walking my dog these three years. He has been playing at the Wimbledon since he was 18 years old. A private English school's website in Japan

. I have been walking my dog these three years. -- OK He has been playing at Wimbledon since he was 18 years old. -- OK A private English school's website in Japan says the above expressions should be changed to: I have

Are the following expressions gramatically incorrect? I have been walking my dog these three years. He has been playing at the Wimbledon since he was 18 years old. A private English school's website in Japan says the above

Hi Fandorin: The subjunctive is slowing working its way out of our language, but we still use it. "i wish I went" just grates on my ears! In the subjunctive mood, a present wish about an event in the past (obviously, you cannot change

Perfect progressive aspect is normally not expressed in the passive voice. Well, you would know what is normal in English, I suppose! FYI. Actual utterance of a native speaker: The economy is getting worse and worse. More and more employees have

A. Underline the verb or verbs and identify the tense/s. ( 9 pts ) Tina was sleeping when I entered the room. _ past tense __ past continuous OR past tense of was plus past participle (as adj.) / entered past tense Jose watches television every

As others have said, it all depends on what you ... count - simple present I am counting - present progressive The difference between those two is? "I count" = 'I generally count; counting is in my repertoire of actions (I may not be

There's been a little debate fired in another newsgroup with an innocent question of how many tenses are used in common English in Ireland. ... As others have said, it all depends on what you count as a tense. I count 14, and these are the

I can, for example, say that "I will have been running for four straight days by this time tomorrow" is an example of the "future perfect progressive" without feeling the need to tack on the disputed term "tense" or