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Hi, YSchneider . I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non-native speakers. Here is an extract from CGEL*: Did you lock the front door?

Only one s in present !!! You can't use will with the stative verbs in this construction: } _______ Your example with make sure does not belong to the pattern above. There's no indirect question. Make sure (that) you come back soon. A make sure that pattern is not followed by a...

I know that "be" is a state stative verb. Look at this one: - I'm being asked. If "be" is a state stative verb, we shouldn't put it in continuous tense. be is not always a stative verb or a linking verb. Here it is an auxiliary verb in a passive construction. ...

Paco2004 wrote: Hello Chang The usage and meaning of the present perfect tense depends on the kind of the verb and the time adverbial used with it. For example, if you say "I have already finished the work", it means "I have now the result of <finished the work> ". You can say also...

Hello Chang The usage and meaning of the present perfect tense depends on the kind of the verb and the time adverbial used with it. For example, if you say "I have already finished the work", it means "I have now the result of <finished the work> ". You can say also "I have graduated from...

Hello Roro Excellent writing! I believe you are an advanced English learner, at least a learner much more advanced than me. Anyway, what I feel about the problem you have now is that it rather come from your misunderstanding the tense relation in a sentence using the time connective word ....