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In fact, it's probably a mixture of both - they are still trying to solve the problem so some elements are past and some are present.Maybe he still thinks, and they still resent, but his communication with them is past. GG, thanks for the reply. I like this comment of yours because...

Hello FH, 1. While waiting in line, the man told me that the nacho stand around the corner is great. 2. While waiting in line, the man told me that the nacho stand around the corner was great. Both forms are common. The present tense "is" in #1 suggests that the nacho stand continues to be...

Jackson6612 wrote: 1: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test development organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Couldn't the above be written as: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test...

Hi Jhaeden, First of all, the first sentence is in the past tense where the second one is in the simple present tense. I think the difference between them lies in their use .. for example, consider the following conversation: A1: I think we should bring some actor to surprise him in his...

Take a look at this sentence: The researchers discovered that people varied widely in their knowledge of public events. Here maybe 'people vary widely in their knowledge' is still true, but we can not use present tense but past tense with the main clause? It has sort of same situation with my...

is, am, are, was, were, etc. Perhaps start with usage (singular, plural, present tense, past tense) Then give examples. Then have the students practice with conversations that use the forms.

"by the time" plus a present tense (like "assemble") requires "will". Generally, only "will" accompanies the main verb if the verb is a static verb (like "have"), and "will have" accompanies the past particple of the main verb if the verb is dynamic. By the time you assemble the motorcycle...

Hello Davkett I'm envisaging a conversation like this: "Do you have any tissues?" "There should be some in the glove compartment." "Are they clean?" "Of course they're clean!" "Are you sure?" "Well, no, I'm not 'sure'. But if they weren't¹ clean, they'd be in that bijou little garbage...

would like to ask in a conversation between 3 people rite...is this wrong? Andy: Im not going to play football Mitchel : Oh ok William : You said your not going to football i dont want to see you there. Should the said be say? or.. help me to differentiate between present and past tense...

Dear Pieanne, My mind is just spinning at looking to your conversation with Lang.Lover. Let me introduce myself briefly : I don't know anything about past perfect tense,past perfect,bla..bla.... I just need clarification in SIMPLER terms without the usage of the above terms. By seeing your...