Is this a past perfect tense or a past perfect continous tense? They went back to ***, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they ... One more thing: Does the term "progressive tense" mean the same as

Amy, Thank you for taking the time for the detailed explanation. I understand and in principle agree with almost everything you said. However, there is still some kind of glitch in our thoughts interpreting that particular sentence. Either my

«Tom is being a rich student. vs Tom will have been being a rich student. vs Tom will be being a rich student.» As you should have read, the Present Continuous tense is used to express an on-going (active) process, that is happening

CalifJim wrote: And by the way, has anyone tried the angle that stative verbs might act differently from other verbs in if -clauses with regard to the speaker's tendency to keep them in the past instead of putting them in the past perfect (in

And by the way, has anyone tried the angle that stative verbs might act differently from other verbs in if -clauses with regard to the speaker's tendency to keep them in the past instead of putting them in the past perfect (in what seems to be a

Hello Mr. Micawber Thank you for your detailed explanation. The past perfect, 'had hoped', can easily represent a discrete event (prior to another past activity, of course), so we would say 'I had hoped that I would become a doctor, but I

Hello Roro As you know I'm an English learner and I myself am not so confident about between the simple tense and the progressive tense. So please use the following as something like junk food for your thought until native speakers give you