PH, I think that 'had' is possible only if both 'didn't know' and 'had' refer to the same time. In any other case, 'had' would not be possible. But, from the context it clear they don't refer to the same

Are there any examples where we mix and match present tense, past tense, or even future tenses? I think I've recently heard some and it's messing my logic up. Or ppl around me were just not speaking proper English?

"If you knew what I had gone through, you would surely pity me." Don't listen to these people. You can change it to "have" because only the first verb has to be in the subjunctive mood. The verb "knew" is

Hi, I am typing too fast to make the incorrect date, What does this mean? but not read your email careless. You need a subject I think this is not a big problem for us to perform the online inspection tomorrow if you are

Very interesting topic. In English you would say I said I loved you (both said and love use the same tense). In my own language I would say the above sentence only if "loving" is no longer true. Otherwise I would say I said I love

Very good over all. 4. Many English users would leave the "that" out, but not wrong as written. 9. "at" means at the location, "in school" means attending as a student, and in my area we would say "when I was in

I have to write an essay on obesitas. Could you please check it on grammatical errors, tenses, spelling, sentence structure, coherence,..? Thank you very much! IS OBESITAS REALLY SUCH A BIG PROBLEM? Each day, we are astounded by newspaper

Hi, Moonyscorp. Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. Both versions work, although the expression is more common with "with." The only thing that bothers me is the sense of timing. Usually such a comment accompanies a new

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

If that end (he wanted to unify Germany) COULD BE ACHIEVED without war, he WAS PREPARED to do without (a war). Strange. I see nothing odd in the sentence. As I understand it, both could and was are simply in the past tense. CB