Hi Michals, OK, I've got you. Thanks for the reply. Though, I would just causually use the simple present tense in the context. Of course, present perfect is a grammatically viable option.

Hi Dimsumexpress, I couldn't agree more. However, here (that is in so called Time Clauses ) Present Perfect has quite a different role than in your examples and what I think it does is emphasize that one action must be completed before

A. We will call you as soon as we make our decision. B. We will call you as soon as we made our decision. C. We will call you as soon as we 've made our decision. D. Please text me as soon as you get home. E. Please text me as soon as you

I wish . This is somewhat treading the water of subjunctive in my opinion. So it is not in the same calss od sentence. Did you lock the door when you left the house? I think I have locked the it. (while you are already driving 5

It's because these extracts are newspaper headlines and newspapers don't follow the grammatical rules that we teach our students. They are written to emphasise the main points. Exceptions: simple present instead of simple past or present

Hey, just posting for a quick check. I'm sure these are  mostly correct. Thanks, Matt.      1.   Mark’s been teaching English since 1995.      1- Present Perfect Continuous 2.   After a year abroad, I’ll have learnt a lot.    2- Future

I can't give you an explanation as to why, but the non-inflected form just sounds wrong in the first sentence. Can someone help? I guess it's because of the verb "to see" used in the simple present. I agree. An action can never

Hi, Very generally speaking, 1. When " do " is the main verb of a sentence in the simple present and the subject is in the third singular person (" he/she/it "). She always does her homework in the afternoon. -- He usually

Hi Charles. Thank you very much for all your help up till now, Yankee. Well, I’m very sorry to change the verb tense of the sentences below (from simple past to present simple). The reason why I did it is because of my assignment. This is

Thank you very much for all your help up till now, Yankee. Well, I’m very sorry to change the verb tense of the sentences below (from simple past to present simple). The reason why I did it is because of my assignment. This is the pattern I have