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hi: I have a question about English tense. could you explain the use of tense in the following paragraph? (bold italic added) "In the 16th c. there are some traces of a perception that the word might have an extended application to other languages. But it was not before the 17 th c. that it...

Ellisa: This is a very long passage, and your other post seems to be even longer. The editor at this web site makes it difficult to make corrections to long passages. Also, many teachers do not want to devote a long time working on a single post. If you post only one paragraph at a time, then...

Yes absolutely right.Both Do/Does comes in Present Tense and Did in Past Tense.But the Example quoted is not as per the grammar.Do comes I,You, We and They.Does comes with He,She and it.Did in past tense.Coming to the business:Ex1: I didn't Knew it.In the above example yout intention was to...

Aristotle's Ethics Hi,Essays should not include a table of contents.I started off 'bolding' my edits, but then stopped doing that, so just read carefully please.I've just looked at the introduction, whch took me a while. Content 1. The significance of ethics for Aristotle. 2....

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Hi,Here are some more questions: 1."While we cleaned the windows, they swept the floor." Do the two activities sound short or what does it emphasize?Your answer: No. They just sound complete Does 'complete' mean 'finish' or what else here? Yes, finished....

.Very wrong. These are fine:I have never seen her before.I never saw her before.I never see her anymore.I'll never see her anymore..

thanks for the timely reply! you're superb active. thanks!!i agreed to almost all of your answers!however, my grammar text states that past perfect tense can be used to show an action that was completed some time ago. The example given is Joan had gone to England.So i was wondering whether if...

"a form of the past tense" doesn't make sense to me. There is only one form of the past tense. I think you mean "a past tense form".Here are the forms of the modals. (Recall that this does not mean that they are used only in these tenses.)Present: will, shall, can,...

Even though she said the words in the past she still stands by her claim. So, in a sense, the lie is continuing right up to the present and into the future (until the issue is resolved). After that her claim will be spoken of in the past tense.