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Angliholic wrote:I regret saying that I hate you. I regret saying that I hated you. I regret to say that I hate you. I regret to say that I hated you. Which of the above four versions sound right to you? Which ones are identical in meaning? Thanks.Hi Angliholic, I regret to say I'd...

><< 1. I can't find a context for this one. 2. I've had a bad experience with my car. There's no way I'm going to pay to have it repaired again. That's it. We're through. "I usually go to work by car; but this week, I take the bus." The simple present in the second part expresses...

Milky wrote: Which would you say is "correct", and why? 1. I'm usually going to work by car, but this week I take the bus. 2. I usually go to work by car, but this week I take the bus. 3. I usually go to work by car, but this week I'm taking the bus. 4. I'm usually going to work by car, but...

Hello AstraeaI too am a learner of English, but let me answer to your question.Are you asking if the sentences like below are correct? I write a letter now. I just finish my assignment.No, both are incorrect. Do you ask why? Are you asking why? It's because "write" and "finish" are...

When he returns to Manhattan 1000 years later it has been destroyed and rebuilt three times 2 What

Pemmican wrote:As far as I know, there are these 13 tenses: a) Past Perfect Progressive ........................had been + present participle b) Past Perfect ..........................................had + past participle c) Past Progressive ...................................was/were + present...

Hello guys I googled on the uses of "I study Japanese" and "I'm/am studying Japanese". Now I study Japanese. 125 I study Japanese now. 7 Now I'm/am studying Japanese. 311 I'm/am studying Japanese now. 136 In the case of the verb being "study", users of present progressive...

Abbie Thank you for such a quick reply! So if we say "Now I study English in school", it sounds to you as natural as "I am now studying English in school" or "Now I am studying English in school"? I think what he argued was a question about the choice btw simple present/present progressive...

Hello Teachers I have a question. The question is: why "I am now studying English in school" is more natural than "I study now English in school" ? This question came originally from a Japanese guy (probably an English teacher) whom I had an online talk with on the usage of the verb "study". I...

The answer below is swiped straight out of "grammar monster". (The cut and paste has killed the formatting, but the detail is still there. Hope this helps. Present Progressive Tense Verbs describing actions in the present are said to be in the present tense. The present progressive tense...