Agatha, In my grammarbook it is said that every verb-phrase consisting of several verbs, the first will always be finite and the rest non-finite. - When I was a schoolboy, I once noticed that my English teacher made a mistake on the blackboard:

I believe only one sentence of the two is grammarly grammatically correct. Both are correct. You can use either one, and they both have the same meaning. I would use the one with the present tense in a situation where I wanted to give the

My example was in the past tense . On the other hand, the above examples are in the present tense . Can I understand that "He tosses the ball with the left hand." is acceptable if he is left-handed? Tense would not make a difference.

Thank you everyone for your advice. I found the following description in Longman's Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. "She throws the ball with her left hand ?with her left hand One factor which could make acceptable, and

does anyone know anything about passive voice? i just have a quick question if anyone knows it... I can’t figure out how to switch active voice to passive, without changing the tense. For example, present simple tense, “paints” is active,

Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

Hi, Both 'thought' and 'fixed' are past tense. The fact that the car is, in the present, fixed or not doesn't change your word choice for this sentence. You are correct when you say the past tense ' thought ' is to

What about 3 days ago? Should I use past perfect or present perfect?

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Hi, I'm a Pole trying to explore the intricacies English This is my first post here so, welcome everybody. And here are my problems. I've done these tests and I even got the key, but there is no freaking way I can understand some answers.