By Question marks, Tenses

A lot of your phonetic symbols for vowels come out as question marks on my computer, so that's not telling me a lot. It looks to me like M-W has the pronunciations that I, personally, use most, so that's the one I would trust most. bay-zul (the herb) bazz-ul (the British...

"... when you have both finished" sounds awkward, is it a common sentential constuct? Yes, it's a normal construct And your sentence "What were the questions like?" looks good but can I also say "How were the questions like?"? No, but you could say "How were the questions?' or 'How did you...

Peaceblinkfriend wrote:Hi all agian I would like to know the differences between these pairs of sentences. Which is correct and why ?1. a) What are the differences between these two ? OK. This suggests that there is (or may be) more than one difference. b) What is the difference between...

A patient ,accusing a doctor of malpractice,will find it difficult to prove damage unless there is another doctor to testify about proper medical procedures. Sequence of tenses is important for not causing ambiguity and you will realise that it will be ungrammatical if you use was after...

Have a look at the following sentence. 1. A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage unless there is another doctor to testify about proper medical procedures. In the above sentence we have swiched from simple future to simple present. I...

#2 - no question mark - instead a period/full stop. He asked me what were you doing. (But he's asking about some other "you.") If it's "you" then He asked me what I was doing. That implies the activity that was going on at the time he asked. You don't have to tense shift if it's for the future:...

1. He asked me ' Are you married' .2. He asked me if I am married.3. He asked me if I was married.I converted the first sentence into an indirect sentence. Which is the correct one? In a sentence you should maintain the same tense. Therefore the third sentence is correct too. Your comments,...

You need a question mark. ___ they at home? I did not see them. Both are possible, but if you absolutely must choose, match the tenses and say were. CJ

1. Why using this modal: will; why not You might have ... ? 2. Why is there a question mark at the end; why is it not a full stop? 3. Why using present perfect continuous? why not You should be doing or should do ... . 4. What tense is it? 1. You would have to ask the person who...

Hi, 1. You will not have heard of me before but I used to live next door to your sister.2. That is absurd; they really could not have taken your motorbike by mistake, surely?3. You are a bit overweight; you should have been doing more regular exercise.4. You were to have been...