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The participial phrase is a modifier. You can argue whether it's adverbial (modifying the action) or adjectival (modifying the actor); but either way your final analysis is correct, since A does it when/while knowing. That is, you could say, "A, while knowing, does it," or you...

Velimir: Sorry I did not understand your question. Here are some comments on the verb tenses in your sentences 1a) 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...

My subjunctive scouts have returned empty-handed. Consider that a true subjunctive in a main clause is not found in English, certainly not the past subjunctive. It's the simple past indicative tense. CJ

She hasn't come to visit us since her wedding (on July 7th) > OK She hasn't come to visit us since she got married > OK "Since" introduces either a complement referring to a precise moment in the past, or a time clause referring to a precise moment in the past (simple past). In those...

He never says a word unless he's being threatened in someway.chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />>> > > My question here is why the speaker used the form "is being threatened" and not "is threatened". When I should use the first form "is threatened" and not the second "is being...

Sorry, Jack, I made it too confusing. 1. 'I have got' is a special verb: it's a present perfect form with a present meaning. So for the equivalent of the simple past for 'they have got', you have to say 'they had got'. But that leaves no form for the equivalent of the past perfect. Think of it...

It would be easier if you thought about what you have written before you post it, and be sure that you have expressed yourself as clearly as possible. This is not a chat room. the subordinating clause is (was?) accordingly simple past present or past continuous present -- what is this...

'Can't', I feel, would be far the commoner expression in both written and spoken English Sorry, Mr. Micawber. I don't get this one. You mean 'would be the common expression', or what? Anyway, I think the situation that the tense in the subordinating clause holds at the present is very...

Two days after I go to the bank with my phone number". Unfortunately you has to use 'later' (or 'pass') instead. There is a strange rule in English that if 'after' is used to mentioned a time in the past (measuring from now), it is permitted to use. (PS: Hopefully this stern rule will be...

The city is polluted. ( simple present tense in passive form ) I tried to shout ( simple past tense, incomplete sentence ) I tried shouting ( simple past, " shouting " is a gerund ) He claimed that he was the Queen's nephew. ( simple past, " that he was the Queen's nephew " is a noun...