Hi, Your tenses are fine. However, your sentence is incorrect because it lacks capital letters. Clive

Hi, Moonyscorp. Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. Both versions work, although the expression is more common with "with." The only thing that bothers me is the sense of timing. Usually such a comment accompanies a new

I didn't express my point clearly enough. What I meant was that perfect continuous is a continuous tense. Thus choosing "continuous tense" instead of "perfect continuous" wouldn't really be wrong even though

But I am reading my boo k seems to carry far less future implication than emphasizing present activity? Maybe I will be reading my book before she arrives? That's exactly what I had on my mind, Anon! I don't always know what is on native

Can I use Present Continuous to express future in complex sentences? For example: I'm leaving after she arrives. I'm reading my book before she arrives.

Is it alright to use 'present continuous' when writing CVs?

It seems that "headed" rather than heading has now entered the mainstream of English as it is used in the UK, possibly because of the use of American English spelling and grammar checkers. Until recently in the UK we used only the

You are correct with A... it's present perfect simple. "Needn't" is a modal. B is past simple with two verbs C is two clauses... first is past simple, second past continuous. D is "present continuous"

What's wrong with these sentences? 1. Adjective clauses "My friend who lives over there is sick" can be reduced to "My friend living over there is sick" But why can't I reduce this "I have a friend who

2. (writing a letter to a close relative) Hello, John. How have you been? I hope you have been doing well. I think of you (Q: should it be "thinking of you"?) and that is whay I am writing this letter. what does the present tense in no.