By Spelling, Present tenses

Ant_222 wrote:No help from your last post, but after re-reading our little conversaton over I have come up with a reolutionary hypothesis! The problem is that there're two possible omisions: 1. There are time when... (and one has to use present tenses, as I argued) 2. There are times which......

No help from your last post, but after re-reading our little conversaton over I have come up with a reolutionary hypothesis! The problem is that there're two possible omisions: 1. There are time when... (and one has to use present tenses, as I argued) 2. There are times which... (and that seem...

All the rules for adding S are the same for plurals as for third-person singular present tense verbs, including the words that end in y. That said, there are a few exceptions that you will encounter from time to time, for example, words that end in f or fe. There are so few that you can just...

Hi, Your spelling of "distinction is wrong". I believe that statistics are expressed in the present tense. So the correct sentence, according to me, should be: Nine out of ten students who attend this university graduate with distinction.

This is the archaic way of spelling the present tense of "give". It has now been superseded. English has changed a great deal in syntax and grammar over the past 400 years. Books published any time before 1850 will reveal usages that are now defunct.

Your sentence makes absolutely no sense to me. Please try using correct punctuation and spelling. In particular, avoid "txt-spk" which many people don't understand.

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

You're in the right place! It's not a regional thing. The pronunciation of the pluralizing "s" is standard throughout the English-speaking world. The sound of the "s", as you point out, can be a true "s" sound or a "z" sound. And the only thing you need to know is which sound...

Hi, I'll do part of it for you. When we tell a story like this, we can use either all present tense or all past tense, not both together. You had some past tense, so I've used past tense. Here's what I suggest. You should go through the rest and correct all your tenses. Also, as was suggested...

Hi Jazz, Thanks for saying I could correct your post on line. Re: your reply to Ali; 1. In English we always begin a new sentence with a capital letter, and we use a capital letter for people's names, and for names of places such as London, the Indian Ocean etc. So your greeting should...