By Present perfect, Sample

Hi Newguest To me, the use of the word 'ago' pretty much rules out the use of the present perfect in your sentence. By the way, here is a sample sentence taken from the BNC (British National Corpus):"I made you one just a second ago."Although the word 'just' precedes...

Good Time of Day! Well, I just read the list of members online and found this: -- In the past 3 days, the most popular thread for everyone has been "Sample of formal letter writing". The post with the most views is "Live chat room". The most replies ...

Hi, You can't miss the show tonight. It has recruited all the excellent performers from all over the world. I wonder if I could use "enlist/collected/gathered/included" to replace "recruited" in the above sample and convey about the same idea. I don't like any of these choices if you use the...

Hi Hao Thai, Your reply is well taken. Many of us have come frequently to post materials here and I trust most volunteers or visitors will not post incorrect information purposely. That said, inadvertently we make mental errors at times without recognizing it <<<This is my last...

Hi Hao Thai, Your reply is well taken. Many of us have come frequently to post materials here and I trust most volunteers or visitors will not post incorrect information purposely. That said, inadvertently we make mental errors at times without recognizing it, and I speak for myself. Internet...

Both these terms refer to the time when verb action takes place. Your sample sentence could read "You should use a past perfect verb, not a present perfect verb." But often that noun would be understood and the adjectives modifying it are taken as a noun.

Yes your teacher says it right and to make it more clear I add: we use Past Perfect because we want to stress the point in time when the event ended, and there is no other better tool. Maybe this way it sounds more "natural" Even before we had finished our meal he ordered us back to work. To...

I was not sure that "continue" could be used in the progressive form. But I have looked at BBC news website and they use the form "continuing" freely. I think I can trust BBC language, can't I? But, after all, I suppose that the versions may both be used in that context. There is no absolutely...

CalifJim wrote:There is no such thing as a transitive sentence.Verbs are transitive or intransitive, not sentences."to train" is a transitive verb. As such, it can be used both in active and in passive sentences.The sample sentence illustrates a transitive verb used in a passive sentence (i.e.,...

General Hopkins has died. Our hope is a present hope that at this time, as we speak, the letter is now at its destination. The receiving of our letter is hoped to be at any time after we sent it all the way up to and including the present moment. By contextualizing the sample sentences in...