In prev sentence, if I dont use date ( I have completed my education. ) then is it ok and plz tell me use of " I had completed..." and " I have completed.. ." If you have not included a date, then you can use present perfect

I have looked at these sentences until my eyes hurt: I had worn a fringe jacket until I was told that it was thirty years out of date; now I wear fleece. I wore a fringe jacket until I was told that it was thirty years out of date; now I

The essay: It describes a specific essay that you (all) have to write. 2) a) up-to-date b) student-centered 3) I would use the simple past - They searched..... since it means that the action is complete (they finished searching). If they are

Dear TT, Thank you for trying to help me understand the above. Sometimes, I got confused after I had learned more about it. :P Someone has sent me an email, and he wrote " Okay, can we have a discussion online at 2pm CET?", but he forgot

Many people from US companys often aswer me in the present perfect like: Thank you, I've received your e-mail OR Yves, I've spoken to my boss and he...or Yves, I've forwarded your mail to our finance department and it will be processed

Hi, Until the new software was purchased, the staff had struggled to keep the accounts records up to date. In the above example, "was purchased" this possible past perfect tense is followed by "had struggled" this past perfect

It's hard to know what you are asking. First, the present perfect is only used with current temporal markers, not dates. Obviously the court made the ruling at some time in the past so you either use the simple past + the date, or just the

. I would consider this exercise damagingly prescriptive; most are neither uniquely Filipino nor wrong. However (and my comments refer to AmE/BrE): 1. Free subscription of... (Free subscription to…) - prepo issue-- AmE/BrE uses the collocation

Hi, did not eat is in the simple past which requires a specific date? so this in this had not eaten (past perfect) referring to the past would be the correct one? is my explanation correct? Generally speaking, that's true. But it's better

Hi. did not eat is in the simple past which requires a specific date? so this in this had not eaten (past perfect) referring to the past would be the correct one? is my explanation correct? thanks