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Hello Optilang,Thank you very much for the answer. I thought that both past perfect (had crossed) and the present perfect(has crossed) would be fine.Best regards

That's my point exactly. The option of another tense, or two, automatically changes the context of the sentence, which isn't necessarily pointed out on the test item.

Hello New Guest, I really understand what you are looking for because when I was at intermediate level, I was questioning everything like you and interested in thinking every sentence in detail. Past perfect tense was my favourite.I questioned and thought about its usage for years because it...

Hao Thai:"Now could you please do the same for past perfect, presentperfect, future perfect, and their associated progressivecousins?"Ok, but that'll take some time. PAST PERFECT PROGRESSIVEYesterday at 9:30 I had been eating for 5 minutes. |<----------------->| ...

Of all the times I have bought fish here, this is the first. (the present perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at the present moment)Of all the times I had bought fish there, that was the first. (the past perfect allows me to consider a time span that ends at that point in the...

Thanks a lot again for all your help. "Would" seems to be the most confusing modal verb in English grammer and trying hard to learn the correct usages of this mysterious word . As Nona said. they might have used "Would have had to" to express the uncertainty, in that case, Can we use "had had...

Hello I want someone to give or links give me a detailed explanation about - Present Perfect. - Past Perfect. - Present Perfect Continuous. - Past Perfect Continuous. I didn't understand them very well. Can anyone help me, please? Thanks & Regards

Hello Why did we put here Past Perfect Continuous not Present Continuous? - It was obvious that they had been playing football in the park. Why did we put here Past Perfect not Present Perfect? - As soon as I saw her, I relised we had met before. Thanks & Regards

Thank you. In regard to No. 1, the two tenses, what would you say are the semantical ramifications of the tenses in practical English usage? For example, the present perfect tense and past perfect tense are being used because they ?? have some relevance to the present. How about the present...

Dear SpoonFedBaby, Your meaning is now clear to me. Speaker B has not concluded his study of English. The simple past is therefore incorrect. Here is my amendment. SpeakerA says, "The English on this website is full of mistakes." SpeakerB says, "I've only just found this website. I’ve not...