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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...

Thanks. That phrase link you gave me was helpful. I didn't realise that the type of phrase is based on the head of the phrase- that's easy.Here is my query to my original, you answered saying, 'And also, when you said, 'a participial clause is a "non-finite" clause, that...

Not exactly. It's still a verb in the sense of being a verb form, but it's not a "finite" verb unless it has the auxiliary. CJ

And also, when you said, 'a participial clause is a "non-finite" clause, that is, it does not use an inflected form of the verb which marks tense' do you mean that bringing shows no tense?I thought it was present tense? Or is the ing form only present tense if it has an auxilary...

I think you are over-analyzing.would like with an infinitive is an idiom expressing desire. would love is an emphatic form of would like.They are both used as if they were present tenses.I would to go with you._____There is really no need to appeal to the concepts of ellipsis or conditionals. ...

Hello again, Again I have a question of course . I am interested in the difference in the usage of the mandative subjunctive and the simple present tense  in dependent "that" clauses after the verbs of demand as "insist" , "demand" ,"suggest" and...

Did you remember how to use will to form the future?Did you remember that the present tense is used for future time in an if-clause?Did you notice the question mark at the end?Did you remember how to invert subject and verb to form a question? CJ

Hi! Welcome to the English Forums.This seems to be one of those narrative styles where everything happens in the past perfect. The introductory present participial phrase doesn't really have a tense. You can argue that the thinking took place before the going on, but once you get to the...

Welcome to English Forums.It's an imperative sentence, the subject being (you) understood."Give" is a verb, present tense, second person singular or plural, the simple predicate of the sentence."yearbook" is a noun, the direct object of the verb."whoever" is a...

Hello Everybody,I was translating this sentence in my language and came across a grammar point that I wasn't sure about. So basically, I am talking about 2 people : A and B. A and B have different preferences for clothes. And the sentence was:"They are usually happy when at the moment...