In Simple past^x, Adverbs^x, Tenses^x

Velimir:Sorry I did not understand your question. Here are some comments on the verb tenses in your sentences1a) Whenever you've sent us your goods, we have received your documents related to the delivery when the truck has already set off . you've sent: You have sent is present...

1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours2) I needn't have brought that milkI = subjectneed have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle.not - adverb that - demonstrative pronoun refering to...

Hi, YSchneider. I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non-native speakers.Here is an extract from CGEL*: Did you lock the front door?

The difference is subtle. The present perfect is conceptually a step removed from the real action of the simple past. The present perfect is indirect compared to the direct simple past.I read a magazine today expresses what happened. It tells what I did directly. I have read a magazine today...

ETJW-CMD wrote: Dear Goodman, I am one of Hoa’s friends, a member of a friendly yet private English-To-Join-the-World Club that we co-founded here in Vietnam. Last night, she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion. My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense...

Let me repeat a chart I drew in another post. Present Point of View Tenses ........ have done ......... do/does .............will do ......... Present Perfect Present Future of the Present Past Point of View Tenses ........had done .........did...

I always thank them in my threads (well, sometimes I forget). Yeah, sometimes I wonder why they do this. Some questions are boring, simple, stupid, strange, odd... (I ask a lot of those), for example "the difference between simple past and present perfect", "tenses in reported speech", "position...

Hi HiroYes, you can use the simple past tense and an adverb such as often or regularly to indicate that something didn't happen often in the past (and therefore was not habitual). The negative form of "used to" is often used when something was not habitual in the past, but is habitual now:He...

CalifJim wrote:Kooyeen, Were there any other adverbs with this property (nearly always require a perfect tense in BrE)? Or just just? I'd be interested, because I think there are several. I believe already is another, for example.I was told "just, yet, already, ever, never" had to be used...

Kooyeen, Were there any other adverbs with this property (nearly always require a perfect tense in BrE)? Or just just? I'd be interested, because I think there are several. I believe already is another, for example. CJ