By TOEFL, Tenses

Yoong Liat wrote: The teacher said, "The world is round." In reported speech, it would be The teacher said that the world is round. One of my English usage books says it can be reported as The teacher said that the world was round. ( was consistent with said in tense) What do you think? ...

Hoa Thai wrote: Yoong Liat wrote:You're right. In an exam, it is advisable to use a verb in the past tense. However, in fact, if the marker is knowlegeable, he will not mark the answer as wrong.Hi Yoong Liat,I agree. I have had a chance to discuss this issue with many English teachers, friends...

Jackson6612 wrote: 1: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test development organization in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Couldn't the above be written as: The TOEFL is produced and administered by Educational Testing Service, a professional test...

Hi, I have a question about using verb “hope” to express hopes about future events. There are different rules in different books for the situation. As it is said in grammar rules, “hope” is used to express a desire or an expectation about something real or possible. It is also said in some...

Hello! I have a question about using verb “hope” to express hopes about future events. There are different rules in different books for the situation. As it is said in grammar rules, “hope” is used to express a desire or an expectation about something real or possible. It is also said in...

I a French student. I would be grateful if someone could review this Toefl essay I wrote. Thank you Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Living in a big city has greater advantages than living in a small town or in the country People who disagree with this statement...

Hello people I don't like to talk much about the subjunctive stuffs because it sounds difficult to find agreement between 'prescriptivists' and 'descriptivists'. (But I would like to say that, if I were a young ESL student, I certainly would choose prescriptivists as my English teachers because,...