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Hello again, So, we don't have to use the past tense throughout when writing minutes, do we? for example, 'All the members agreed to build a new building.' This sentence should be in the present tense, right? ".The construction of a new building will start next year.'...

If I were to tell you what I think (thought?) of you, I'd be sacked from my job Hmmm. To me, in this type of construction, "thought" does not have to refer to the past. It can do, but, for me it can (and very often does) mean that you think it right now. Addition: If I wanted...

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"...

Hello, mr. Micawber Looks like I have to provide some further explanations. In a traditional text adventure the player enters text commands which are parsed/interpreted by the game's engine, and gets the result in the form a textual description. In the example above the commands were marked...

It was thought (by many) to have been written by Michael.I hope the above sentence is correct. The construction ''was thought'' is in passive past tense and ''have been written'' is in passive present perfect tense.I don't understand why past tense is mixed with present tense. Please help me.

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....

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. There's a...

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...

Hi Musesun"This forbidden to make money in the university" is not a correct sentence. The word "forbidden" is not a tense at all -- it is just the past participle (V3) of the verb 'forbid'. You can say "This is forbidden", but you cannot say "This forbidden".Have you learned how to make...

In your sentence, there is still ellipsis is both endings A and B. The complete ending is "...they originally seemed to cost."Seem is a linking verb, but one with some idiosyncracies. The following is from the American Heritage Dictionary.Seem, a linking verb, is followed by an adjective (not...