In Simple past^x, Clauses^x, Dates^x

Lin1978 wrote:Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle phrase, I have to keep both two subjects or change...

Hi Bokeh, Becasue of your reply, it made me take a second look at the original question. I also did some research and found this paper written on the subject of Semantic Composition of Subjunctive Conditionals by Michela Ippolito of MIT/Tübingen University. I am not completely sure if I...

Hi again, Oh, yes, sorry. I should have provided some examples. "We learnt that he has been director of the company for about ten years." Yes, to be very correct, I'd use Past Perf. here. However, you'll hear Pres. Perf. for cases where what is said is still true at the moment of speaking,...

Hello! I'll just say a word about the simple past: You use the simple past whenever you have a complement, adverb, date, time-clause which tells the moment in the past when the action took place EG: I saw/b> her yesterday. She met him a long time ago. When I was young, I lived in the...