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1. Do you think the past perfect tense is correct? I feel just a past tense is correct. I don't see a reason for the need for the past perfect tense. I thought what follows usually after a present perfect is a past tense, not a past perfect.It has never played put the way I had intended.2. I...

Hi, why is there a 'ed" at the end of "punish" if the sentence seem to be in the future because of the word "if" doesn't sount like past tense in this sentence. If I break the law I should be punished. Let's remove the modal 'should' and simply say If I break the I will be punished. I will be...

I verified the Google results on I wish I had have and I wish I have had, and I must say that I was astonished. In standard English the only possibilities after I wish (that) (with subject pronoun or noun) are would (with the bare infinitive), could (with the bare infinitive), had (with the...

Pemmican wrote:As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present...

Rule: Modal verbs (and "must" is one of them) cannot be followed by a past tense form. To express past tense after a modal add "have" and the past participle. This is not truly a "present perfect" but a "modal perfect". In the case of the modal perfect construction the difference between simple...

Rule: Modal verbs (and "must" is one of them) cannot be followed by a past tense form. To express past tense after a modal add "have" and the past participle. This is not truly a "present perfect" but a "modal perfect". In the case of the modal perfect construction the difference between...

The word "tense" comes from Latin tempus, meaning time. In grammar, "tense" refers to the form of the verb itself: Verb: to go present tense: go, goes past tense: went continuous tense: going Tense indicates completeness or continuance. If the event is complete, it's past; if the event isn't...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

Mr P: The distinction is clear, and has nothing to do with {teeth on edge} 'inclusiveness': Let us have no more touchy-feely grammar. JT: I allowed that it might, Mr P. I didn't state that it did. You may want to adress this issue with Casi. But before you do that, consider that grammatical...

As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present participle d)...