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Hi HuevosIf you are a native speaker, then I'm sure you also realize that a native speaker will understand whether that 'sss' sound is there or not. In other words, a native speaker knows whether someone is saying somebody's or somebody. What I'm saying is that in the scenario...

Hi Ant222, My English skill is not in the “grammarian” class but I will give it my best attempt to explain it. It may not may not be agreeable with the experts. In many instances during casual conversations, we can bet by with simple past tense and no one will flag you for errors. However, to...

Hoa Thai wrote: Dear all, First, I would like to thank you in advance for reading this rather lengthy post of mine. I do need to lay out my thinking and reasoning as wide as I can so you can best help me to untangle my own confusion...

Yankee wrote:Hi TamI certainly did not intend my comment as a comparison of formal written UK English and informal US spoken English. I have to say I find it insulting that you think I would even consider making such a comparison. My comment was based on my own experience with British...

Dear Group, Can I start a sentence in present perfect tense and then later go into past tense while being on same subject. e.g. We've been to the local supermarkets and brought some stationeries and etc. Appreciate if anyone could comment, thank you. Regards, Jeeva

In the following sentence, past tense and present perfect tense have been used together. I am wondering if this is an acceptable practice. He effortlessly switched over to Oracle two years ago, and his amazing engineering feats have continued without a pause. Regards Krishna

Have has many meanings as a transitive verb and two usages as a verbal auxiliary. Transitive verb: -I have a car. -He had three sons. -He had his opponent cornered. -I have a letter to write. He had a concert to conduct.

Playing to Win by Margaret A. Whitney 1 My daughter is an athlete. Nowadays, this statement won’t strike many parents as unusual, but it does me. Until her freshman year in high school, Ann was only marginally interested in sport of any kind. When she played, she didn’t swing hard, often...

It is said that if we mention the time of happening of a past act, simple past tense should be used; and if we mention something happened some time in the past which still has certain effect at present, then present perfect tense should be used. In this regard, I find it difficult to write a...

First, say, Martin and I saw Peter, not *Martin and myself saw Peter. Second, the assumption is that Peter hasn't been seen SINCE then, so asking "Have you seen Peter?" is correct. Given the holiday example, the assumption changes. Peter DID in fact go home for the holidays, the event took place,...