By Simple past

Re: on vs since

GG, thanks for the suggestion of using simple past. Since I've come across a sentence which uses perfect tense with a point in the past ('on'), I would like to understand why it's acceptable. I was told that perfect tenses don't work with a specific point in the past, for...

Re: on vs since

If it applied to only that day, it's correct as written, OR you could use simple past: they increased production on May 10.

Re: Does the below make sense?!

Best wishes, Sure. You are writing about a past event, so using the simple past is a reasonable thing to do. Clive

Re: tenses for the past

This is my thought. The context above really doesn't need to be in past perfect continous. The meaning can be easily expressed in simple past tense. If you were talking about events which took place years ago over a span of times, past perfect then is fine.i.e. Before the first transistor...

Re: Please suggest!

Just to summarize:had arrested = past perfect form of the verb 'arrest' had to = simple past form of 'have to' Although it is more common to say 'the police', the word 'police' is also sometime used without the definite article ('the') -- especially in...

Re: taking out the windows of the car

Hi Ant222, My English skill is not in the “grammarian” class but I will give it my best attempt to explain it. It may not may not be agreeable with the experts. In many instances during casual conversations, we can bet by with simple past tense and no one will flag you for errors. However, to...

Re: hang, hanged/hung, hanged/hung

Hi N2g, sorry, I had a long interruption. I haven't been able to find any confirming references (1) that "hanged" is the required simple past and past participle in execution by hanging, or (2) that "hanged" would be the recommended past in cases of unlawful hanging, such...

Re: I had invoiced the goods

a/ By yesterday afternoon 10 kms of sea dykes were reinforced.(simple past) - This is not simple past; it's passive voice. b/ By January 6th , 5,000 personal accounts had been opened at Eximbank .(past perfect) - this is past perfect passive c/By late 1950's the company had introduced its...

Re: I had invoiced the goods

Thank you very much Mister Micawber . By the way , could you please let me know whether , the past perfect can be used here: The invoicing of all 40 batches of goods had been completed by the end of Thursday, 25 April. I read in the Vietnamse newspaper written in English and I saw the...

Re: Present Perfect Tense (doubts)

It seems that everything is right on except for one sentence in the middle: I think that sentence is basically impossible. The simple past does indicate that his work no longer continues, but 'since' should only be used with the perfect. You could use "from 2001 to 2006".