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Greetings,I have a pretty big favour to ask.I've been struggling with this topic for quite awhile now.It goes without saying that my English "leaves something to be desired".Having in mind the subtle differences that occur from using particular tenses, I have often wondered how the...

Hi, YSchneider. I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non-native speakers.Here is an extract from CGEL*: Did you lock the front door?

ETJW-CMD wrote: Dear Goodman, I am one of Hoa’s friends, a member of a friendly yet private English-To-Join-the-World Club that we co-founded here in Vietnam. Last night, she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion. My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense...

It was only 10 days ago that the accident happened. It is only 10 days since the accident happened. When the sentence has two clauses like this, and is viewed from the present time, ago is preceded by the simple past tense (was), and since by the present or present perfect tense (is, has been)....

GoodmanWhy did you twist my message every time? When and where did I say such a thing like "just" and "already" are uncommon in BrE? I said to Daxiao (not to you!) that the use of such adverbs with the simple past tense is one of the features of AmE.ENGLISH TENSEThe present perfect is used with...

Hi Anonymous, The present perfect , in general, is used to specify an action happened at an unspecificed time before now.So, the adverb/adjective 'ago' should be used in past tense. Some valid expressions in present perfect: ever,never,once,yet, many times,several times,since,yet,so...

Sir, IV - The present prefect used with "for" and "since" A. "for" is used with a period of time: for six days, for a long time. "for" is used with the simple past tense denotes a terminated period of time. (e.g) We lived there for ten years. ( but we don't live there now) "for"...

Well, of the four choices, B. is automatically out. to-infinitive verbs do not carry tense: "to felt" is made of up a past tense verb 'felt'. The correct form for B. would be "to have felt", which is C. And that's out too, because if you look at the time sequence, "last week", it's specific and...

1.How much water does that tank..........? a) comprise b) include c) consist d) contain (I'm not sure between 'comprise' and 'contain') "comprise" takes as its object(s) persons or things that are constituent parts. "That tank comprises a lot of water" says that a lot of water is a...