"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Don't listen to these people. You can change it to "have" because only the first verb has to be in the subjunctive mood. The verb "knew" is

Hi, I just feel that I hear and use: Maybe. But do you talk a lot to native speakers? I've done this, she's this, he's that, we've been planning, they've got a nice car, she has the same sweater as I... The

Pls also help with this sentence: When did we started/start to learn English grammar in grade school? Same as above just a different structure. Please explain.

Mr. Torres-Rivero: As the other ladies and gentlemen have suggested, No. 1 is the usual construction. Nevertheless, your No. 2 may be almost correct, too. I found this example in Professor Quirk's A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH

Write the sentences in your exerice book.Fill in the gaps Use the simple past or the present perfect. Uncle George___(to be) to London , but he___(never to visit) Notthing Hill Carnival

Hi there, I am currently working on my assignment about Timelines in English grammar, but I am having a problem locating information on topic. In my assignment, I have to link up sentences (which are simple past, future continuous and so forth) to

No, this is incorrect. Past perfect should be used carefully. It signifies past events with one preceeding another. I had lived in England for 10 years before relocating to Hong Kong 6 month ago. For your sentence, a simple past tense " I

Hello, Sivakumar-- and welcome to English Forums. Use the present perfect when the action relates to now in some way, and the simple past when the action is finished and done with. When you say 'I have sent the letter today', it stresses the

it is an action verb, which justifies the use of have in simple past as a substitution of present perfective in American English Please explain why this might be so. I see no relationship between the two uses. The sentence under consideration

1. I used to drive (simple past)    2. I usually drive (simple present )   3. I 'm used to driving ( simple present)   " I " is capitalized in English. Let me add this for further explanation  He was used to having everything done