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Sorry to have confused all of you. My statement"I thought *only* simple present was correct, but I thought wrong. I now know that both present tense and past tense are possible" was only referring to the sample sentence given by Jim(a) "My professor said that spiders are (were...

Thank you very much indeed, Jim. That's a great explanation. You cleared all my doubts. Forgive me for thinking out loud as I hope you can correct me if I am still making any mistakes. Firstly, I didn't notice that it was (can only use "was", "is" not possible?) ...

Good Time of Day! Well, I just read the list of members online and found this: -- In the past 3 days, the most popular thread for everyone has been "Sample of formal letter writing". The post with the most views is "Live chat room". The most replies ...

Philip wrote: Sonja_muc wrote: Hi everybody, I am wondering why it is possible to write in a business letter, e.g.: a) I enclose a brochure of our full range of products (read this many times in sample letters)"I am enclosing" is standard verbage. but it sounds very odd to say something...

Sonja_muc wrote: Hi everybody, I am wondering why it is possible to write in a business letter, e.g.: a) I enclose a brochure of our full range of products (read this many times in sample letters)"I am enclosing" is standard verbage. but it sounds very odd to say something like b) As the...

Hi everybody, I am wondering why it is possible to write in a business letter, e.g.: a) I enclose a brochure of our full range of products (read this many times in sample letters) but it sounds very odd to say something like b) As the invoice amount is incorrect, we return the invoice to...

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Is it correct to write the following sample sentence? "I would go with you if you would pay for my movie ticket." JTT: Yes, it's fine, Procrastinator. Here, 'if you would' is the volitional 'would', it's questioning the person's willingness to shell out for the ticket. "I would go with you...