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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...

I came across this assertion on ft.com, it says:"New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died at the age of 88"Why did they use 'has' instead of the past simple form only? Best regards

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. |<----------------->| ...

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...

Anonymous wrote: Goldmund wrote: Dear sir, It is my opinion that the noise has finished. It is therefore not connected to the present. The present perfect therefore is not correct. Kind regards, Goldmund But, dear sir, "I have eaten seafood many times" and "she has been to America" are...

Hi everybody I would like to know if there is a difference in meaning between the sentences: I brought you something I have brought you something when you are giving a gift to someone just at the moment you arrive at their house. I say it because I saw the former but it makes more sense to...

Technically, there are two tenses: Present (or Non-Past) and Past. There are four aspects derived from two aspect pairs (simple vs. perfect and simple vs. progressive): Simple, Perfect, Progressive, and Perfect Progressive Combining these gives eight tense-aspect combinations, sometimes...