In the example that "CJ" gave, what is(what are) the grammar reason(reasons) that "Having" is used as a noun - ie, how can one discern that it is used as a noun in this sentence as opposed to a participle? Hi Philip: The verb

"Are you finished eating" is correct "Have you finished eating" is also correct and they are mostly interchangeable. 1. (to) finish = present tense 2. (had) finished = past tense 3. (am) finishing = present participle

Thank you very much Clive, because only with a native speaker like you I can solve different doubts that correspond to the real use of the language. I'm a teacher for adolecents and adolecents adults and as I'm not in a geographical english

1) I see no significant difference between your two sentences whether with live, work, or study. I would not assume anything with regard to English vocabulary and grammar! 2) To start with, I would say ... during the past ten years . The

Dear Taka, It is my opinion that «it» is a hamburger. Therefore the state of love is finite. It means «enjoyment». It will end when the hamburger has been eaten. It is therefore possible to use the present progressive. It is also my opinion

I'm not refering to this I'M about to c0ome thing. I mean I'm coming. It can be both future and present progressive. So, does it depend on the situation whats it means? But what does it mean in the context I gave a couple of posts before?

Paco: By the way I have a feeling that English 'now' (in the linguistic sense, not in the physical sense) is not instantaneous, but it seems to occupy some span in the time that flows from the past to the future. Otherwise I cannot understand the

In Irish there is also a present continuous tense - ... as distinct from "Itheann sé arán" = "He eats bread". Well all that is interesting, your post, that of Giles and Paul too but no one has told us yet ... think it

Technically, there are two tenses: Present (or Non-Past) and Past. There are four aspects derived from two aspect pairs (simple vs. perfect and simple vs. progressive): Simple, Perfect, Progressive, and Perfect Progressive Combining these

I'm a little confused on the anatomy of the future tense with regard to "going to." For example: I am going to see a movie To me this looks like the present progressive (am going) + an infinitive (to see), but all explanations I find say