By Simple present, Tenses

. If I asked you to do me only one kindness, Vincent, it would be to avoid the simple present tense. It makes most of your sentences slightly unreal. Do you think that you could do that for me in the future, Vincent? Just one simple thing-- use a different tense and aspect. Use past or...

Hi Viceidol,Thus far we have examples of three tenses: simple present, present progressive, and present perfect progressive. As Philip says, the present progressive seems awkward with "I am wanting." I don't know if it's considered incorrect. The other two seem fine,...

Let us recast the sentence in direct speech, that is, you are speaking to Mark, "When you arrive (simple present tense is most suitable here - I wonder you can use any other tense), we shall/will go out for dinner."When you turn that into an indirect speech, the sentence will become,...

Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Perfect: ? Past Prefect Continuous:? Future: I will study English Future Continuous:...

Hi,I think you might be confusing that rule (which doesn't exist) with the rule of thumb that says "the simple present is often used when talking about habitual actions and common processes", and you might have been confused by the examples given, which often include "every...

>To me, 'is likely' denotes present timeNo, it looks into the future, as any forecast would, and this is one. Simple present or even present perfect are used in constructions which refer to the future. Tense and time are not the same.

Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living.CJ

Hi everyone,I have a few grammar questions and I don't know how to answer them:Explain why the verb “To Be” is not a non-progressive verb?I know the simple present never talks about the present but what can be an exception to this rule?Why does the present tense not exist in English? What...

Amy: «Ant, I think you need to reread GG's post. After "I thought," do NOT use the simple present tense.» I have read this commandment (sic!) about a million times in about a hundread threads, and all that in the past two or three days. In my previous post I didn't call it...

Ant, I think you need to reread GG's post. After "I thought," do NOT use the simple present tense. However, you could use the simple present tense in a direct quote:"The spider is an insect," I thought (to myself)."He is married," I thought (to myself).