When members of the Winnebago tribe sit around a fire and hear a chant of how the world was created or when early Japanese heared a chant about formation of Heaven and Hell - they are listening to a narrative. This pattern: When ... ..., . is a

Awence wrote: Please kindly indicate the correct answers and justifications for the answers. 1. Various kinds of food (has/have) been prepared. "kinds" is the subject of the sentence and is singular, requiring a singular verb, have .

Yoong Liat wrote: Liveinjapan wrote: The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well. Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth' ? Thanks LiJ It should be 'complement'. Hi,

Anonymous wrote: Hi, quick question: In the sentence that follows, what part of speech/ tense (gerund, present progressive...) or grammatical role (subject, verb) is "loving" and why? Furthermore, what grammatical role is "someone" and why?

The present tenses (present (simple) and present progressive) can express future time in English, not just the will form. The idiom going to also expresses future time. She on Saturday. All can be used for future time. If the main

Hello! I'm studying english tenses and i need some help. I have some questions: 1-What is the difference between the future indefinite and will+infinitive form? 2-What is the difference between sentences: I will never get married./ I am

These smokers are not only buying a product that is bad for their health but also getting a lesson in bad gramar. Why use the present progressive tense here?

Teo wrote: If it ___ tomorrow, we won't go camping with Angela. (A) is raining (B) will rain (C) rains (D) rained Which choice or choices are acceptable? Both A and C make sense to me. To my mind, the present progressive makes

Hello guys I have no intention to offend anyone, but I think you should not deny a usage just because you don't know that usage. Please know at least some of us ESL students come here to expand the knowledge of English. If you want to work here as

>"my dad said he is going to work tomorrow" or "my dad said he was going to work tomorrow." I don't agree that was is correct. The past tense said in this sentence refers to the time the man spoke. The present progressive is going is used in