from my poin of view it's a tense that we use to retell the past event in general adverb of time

2. Can I speak with…? (May I speak with…) - To sound more polite/ask permission?-- Both OK. 'Can' is more casual but just as common. - "May" is encouraged especially when looking for customers or requesting something as

Hi Paul, OK, fine, I just wanted to know where you were at. Generally, the addition of these adverbs seems to emphasize the connection to the present. So, in general, I prefer the Present Perfect with them and not the Simple Past. But I

I have a bit of an assignment to do and I was hoping someone could help me out with the sentence "forms" My marker sentences are: a) I needn't have washed the car. b) I managed to move the fridge. c) When we arrived, they were

I have talked to Lewis for awhile while you were bathing. I talked to Lewis for awhile while you were bathing. (Should be this one &) I talked to Lewis for awhile when you were bathing. (this one,right? since "when"

Re: aspect. Perfective aspect is shown in English through the simple past. But imperfective aspect can be shown through the simple past also, as well as through the past progressive. Often adverbs and/or other elements of the sentence "come

It is a verb. The main clause in the sentence is Microsoft (subject) confirmed (verb) It is simple past tense. You can verify that it is a verb, by doing an experiment to change the tense (present, future, etc.) Microsoft confirms Wednesday (

I don't know much about phrasal verbs (they hadn't yet been invented when I was in school), but I take "graduated" as a simple verb in the simple past tense, and "with first-class honors" as a prepositional phrase,

Infinitives are verbals, so they have some of the properties of verbs. (They can have subjects, objects, and adverb modification) "to love" is an infinitive - the marker "to" + the verb. "to be loved by someone" is,

Velimir: Sorry I did not understand your question. Here are some comments on the verb tenses in your sentences 1a) Whenever you've sent us your goods, we have received your documents related to the delivery when the truck has already set off