By Plurals, Present perfect

Hi, British troops had been based in Basra city since the Iraq war began in 2003. The country handed over security control to Iraqis late last year, but still maintains a presence in Basra province. Shouldn't it be "has' instead of 'had' since the troops are still...

When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the...

Hi, I gotthe following sentences from the ChristianToday magazne, a magazine of evangelical conviction, by N.T. Wright on March 25, 2008, and hope you would answer some questions on them. When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively...

Thank you, Pieanne. I think the original post would likely show that it was an accidental typo and should be the "present perfect." I think the full sentence would look something like this and I figure that "it" here serves no real function, except assuming a dummy part. Most of their memories...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,I already asked about this, apparently I didn't understand or got no answer. Here:There's a guy who's trying to run through a wall of flames with his bicycle, completely naked. He starts, he passes through the flames, he succeeds. Everyone applaudes. After a few minutes, after...

Hi Jim"The milkman have ... " Please note that 'have' is a plural verb. So, it should be "The milkman has ... " and "The milkmen have ... "

Hi, present perfect active and passive, could somebody explain me thanwith examples very easily.... in baby words, because im really lost. Instead of explaining, I'll give you simple examples. present perfect active Mary has fixed my car. present perfect passive My car has been fixed (by...

Milky wrote:Summary: Now, the discussion began from the point that many grammarians, ESL teachers, and people such as you, give the name possessive to the type of constructions above. The consequence of such labelling has led to many NNESs, and quite a few NESs, getting confused. You're...

WANG CHUN wrote: 1. Ancient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life. My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more, so using the present tense...

I have some problems,they are the phrases about time: yet, today, so far, to date, up to now, recently, lately, up to these few days, this morning, now, up to present. what do they mean? Are some of them duration? Do some of them represent sometime/some time in the past? yet: 1.up to the...