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Hi MapleThere is nothing about the word 'for' that should suggest that you need to use the 'past perfect'. If that's a "rule" you've learned somewhere along the line, I strongly suggest you try to "unlearn" it fast. The word 'for' can be used...

Vincent Teo wrote:Can I say, (a) The radio was broken yesterday / last week. Yes, and I'd say the word 'broken' is used as an adjective. (b) The radio is broken just now / now. 'Now' is OK, but 'just now' would only work if it is used to mean 'at this particular moment' rather than 'just a...

Hi MkyolI'd like to point out a few things:- The word 'since' does not work in your sentence as it is written. It seems that you want to use the word 'since' to talk about 'from a point in the past up to now', but that doesn't work well with the verb 'started'. The start of something is usually...

Hi StenkaAs Philip mentioned, he's means he has in your sentence. The word 'was' is generally never contracted. Even when the word 'was' is not articulated with absolute clarity, people generally still manage to say something that sounds like it begins with a 'w'. In addition, the word 'was'...

Clive wrote:2) Do we say (in this situation) "a book by Noel Hynd" or "the book by Noel Hynd" ? why? Only say the specific 'the' if you expect me to already be aware of this book.3) "has happend" or simply "happened" ? In the context of narrating a story in Simple Present tense, just say...

Hi, Sure, here's the full context (everything takes place after a blaze that has happened in a law office; this stuff comes from a book by Noel Hynd "The Sandler Inquiry")"The trailers, Corrigan explained, had been some highly flammable substance - chemically treated rags, paper, or plastic -...

Hi StenkaI see no reasonable need for the past perfect at all. In fact, you could easily write the end of that sentence with the simple present tense:Yesterday, your son sounded like he always sounds..

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...

I was told that there are twelve tenses in English: 1: Simple Present Tense 2: Present Perfect Tense 3: Present Progressive Tense 4: Present Perfect Progressive Tense 5: Simple Past Tense 6: Past Perfect Tense 7: Past Progressive Tense 8: Past Perfect Progressive Tense 9: Simple Future...

Dear Yoong Liat, Do you mean Past Participle by Past Perfect Tense form? You are right it depends on the way the word is used. The run is Simple Present Tense form and it is also Past Participle. It depends on its use whether it is being used as Simple Present Tense form or Past...