By Present tenses, Present simple

Amy: «Ant, I think you need to reread GG's post. After "I thought," do NOT use the simple present tense.» I have read this commandment (sic!) about a million times in about a hundread threads, and all that in the past two or three days. In my previous post I didn't call it...

Not really.The second sentence indicates a time in the future, perhaps very soon.The first sentence is a bit odd, because the use of the simple present tense already implies "as usual". This could be used, of course, in casual conversation.English is notorious for interchanging tenses,...

Hi Mr Liat,I said earlier that the presence of "myself" in "I lay myself in bed" makes the verb transitive. Hence, "lay" here is the present tense of lay (laid, laid) and NOT the past of lie (lay, lain) because the latter is intransitive and cannot take any direct...

Newguest wrote: Hi everyone! 1. Once the warrior has completed his task, he makes no further comment.What if I wrote "Once the warrior completed his task, he ..." Does it change anything? Why has this sentence been written in the present perfect tense? I would write "Once the warrior completes...

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

Hi,here's the problem: can I use a present tense instead of the future after "I hope", when referring to something future?I think I often see the present simple where I would use "will". I hope you'll have a great weekend! / I hope you have a great weekend!I hope you'll have fun next week! / I...

New2grammar wrote: I know that this forum have discussed the topic on 'will' many times. Though generally I know that it can be used to indicate future, habitual and conditional events, in some sentences I'm still unsure whether to use 'will' or the simple present tense. For example, Every...

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...

If you only use 'expected', that is the simple past tense (active voice) of 'expect' and it refers to what the player himself thought.If you say 'is expected', that is the simple present tense in the passive voice and 'is expected' means that 'other people expect something'.

Present Simple or Present Continuous? The simple present tenseThe simple present tense is used for two main types of action: Habits Actions which happen regularly (every day, every week, etc.) States Things which do not often change (opinions, conditions,...