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Sitting at my writing desk beside the open window, and working on my English assignment, I was stunned/amazed by the soft evening glow, gently landing on my blank sheet and covering the white space with their yellow and orange shades, seemed like gold. A few comments: 1. "Stunned"...

wrote: Thanks Goodman. This is an area I always find confusing. If I understand you correctly, you are saying the phrase locked in in Anyone out there? I'm locked in is in a passive construction. I find it difficult to accept action verbs in present tense unless they are used in headlines....

Let's spread out the issue a little bit: ____ O ____ Type 2. Basic forms. a. If we caught the 10 o'clock train, we would (could, might, etc.) get there by lunch-time. b. If I came into a fortune, I would give up smoking. c. If I knew how it worked, I could tell...

Bokeh wrote: Grammar Geek wrote: Are you saying that the simple past is not used for recent events in BrE? What about:I think I saw a ghost! GG, that example has different context. You are specifically stating that the sighting is over; if it were not you would use the present tense: I think...

When we talk about a subjunctive construction, I think it is easier to understand it without the 'inserted clause, I would think' becasue that way one can clearly see the cause-and-effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue. 1. If someone tells you that you may...

I don't oppose to anita's answer, though I'd say "X has belonged to Y since 2002" is a present perfect sentence rather than a past perfect one. However, I am not sure about whether we can say "X belongs to Y since 2002" is completely wrong. It is true 'since' is usually used in perfect and past...

for I and YOU pronouns...in rules of using is and are....singular nouns/pronouns normally follow the linking verb in singular form. However with I and YOU, even if they appear to be one person. I and YOU are exceptions. the proper grammar for it is: "I" ---> the present tense for "were" is am....