By Simple present, Paragraphs

Sorry to have confused all of you. My statement"I thought *only* simple present was correct, but I thought wrong. I now know that both present tense and past tense are possible" was only referring to the sample sentence given by Jim(a) "My professor said that spiders are (were...

mm.. So it is simple present okay for report writing?

We are leaving tomorrow.Our plane is leaves tomorrow.Both of the above sentences refer to the future. 1st sentence uses present continuous while the 2nd sentence uses simple present to express an action in future. Are there any rules to determine which tense to use in these situationsor it's just...

Hi, 1) "In the late 80s a discussion took place between Julia Annas and Richard Bett over whether ontological moral skepticism is ‘local’ – that is to say, whether it does not call into question all beliefs, but arises from a contrast between morality and some other system of beliefs that cannot...

Hi everybody, First, you have to know that english is not my mother tongue so....my english could be trashy. So, i have to write the back cover of my own thriller...I have to imagine the title and my pen name...I have to write about a plot in three short paragraphs. The setting is my high school...

(a) Simple Present action indicates a present action (=continuity=c): Ex: I live in Hong Kong. (b) Present Perfect action indicates a past action (=finish=d): Ex: I have lived in Japan. BUT: If we state a time frame, tenses have to be changed: (c) Present Perfect action indicates a present...

The difference in use between Simple Past and Present Perfect has always been a noted and puzzling question. I have explored this problem for decades and found no learners who can really tell the two apart. Actually, since tenses are used to show the time connections, or disconnections, between...

1. I don't think it's a matter of obligation, "isn't going" just sounds natural in that sentence. The meaning is that Susan goes to school (Simple Present because it is something she des regularly), but she isn't going to school right now. "Right now" doesn't give the idea of any action you...