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Velimir:Sorry I did not understand your question. Here are some comments on the verb tenses in your sentences1a) Whenever you've sent us your goods, we have received your documents related to the delivery when the truck has already set off . you've sent: You have sent is present...

Hello everybody,I had to write some business correspondence recently and I got stuck at the early beginning in the mesh of time clauses and verb tenses. Here's the sentence I would like you to check in various verb tense - options and to give some brief comment if possible. I start with what...

To be honest, it doesn't strike me as wrong, but I think the test-makers prefer you to use the present perfect (have begun) with a since clause as a matter of style.The same is true of the other parts of that sentence. They want you to decide on the basis of style, not grammar, so it's...

She passed away in the past, so use the past simple.However, remember that when you use since or from, you need to use the present perfect in the independent clause.(has taught or has been teaching if it is incomplete)

"Have you ever had the feeling that you're being followed?"Hi againmy comment about the passive referred to "are being followed": you are following > present continuous, active you are being followed > present continuous, passiveDoes this help?

HiYour sentence is in the present perfect. "Have you ever had ...""the feeling" is a gerund, and acts as if it were a noun (it's the direct complement of "have had"). Try and replace it with "idea", "impression" etc (I'm not saying they...

.A Singaporean man was sentenced (past passive) to two weeks’ jail and fined S$500 for tampering(intransitive verb)(Question 2 -How come is "ing" is not "tampered"-- It is a gerund) with his vehicle’s fuel gauge.52—year—old Mr *** pleaded guilty to two charges on August 5 for...

Hi, A:How is it different? Is the zero conditional and the second and third ones type 1? I think CalifJim told us that the modal 'can' counts as present. 1.If you can make money, please use the money to help people. 2. If you can make money, use money to help people. 3. If you can...

The difference is subtle. The present perfect is conceptually a step removed from the real action of the simple past. The present perfect is indirect compared to the direct simple past.I read a magazine today expresses what happened. It tells what I did directly. I have read a magazine today...

Yes. It is totally wrong. The past tense of a verb of mental activity or opinion (e.g., thought, believed, knew, understood, hoped, felt) is virtually never followed by a subordinate clause in the present perfect tense. The combination sounds exceedingly awkward to a native speaker. ...