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Hi,I think I have asked a similar question before and I think a person believed to be a teacher/expert here answered that there is not need to say "having had lived" and the phrase "having lived" can be used in a past sentential context as well as in present sentential...

Improving your motivation Before you start reading, you should know this: Learning English requires action. You may know all the learning tips, but if you don't start doing things, you will achieve nothing. Therefore our method is not just for reading; it is for reading and doing. You need...

Hi, Here are some comments. I was happy to get your questions, please write again if I can help you in any way, OK? I would like to know if people in Canada use the present perfect tense and the present perfect progressive tense differently than the Americans. Are Canadians following the...

Hello everybody, I would like to know if people in Canada use the present perfect tense and the present perfect progressive tense differently than the Americans. Are Canadians following the British style instead of following the American style? From Raymond Murphy’s "Grammar in...

"Since my school days, I have always hoped that I could speak English." -- this sounds fine to me too, Paco. It doesn't seem to be wrong, just rare. Overall, it is a mystery to me, but I have a feeling that the concept of 'hoping' is often connected with-- obviously-- 'a hope', that is, a...

Thank you for the quick reply. "Hope" seems a very simple verb, but frankly I'm really far from confident about how to use the phrase "I hope that...." and its kin phrases. My grammar book (Egawa's "A New Guide to English Grammar) says we can use "hope" in the present perfect tense. Actually,...