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Re: grammar concern

.You are printing a certificate which states a factual event in historical time. The verb tense you use has nothing to do with when you conceive, print or present the certificate. Use the simple past with the date service began and the date service finished.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mister Micawber yesterday 6:49 am Grammar Verbs Dates Tenses Simple past

Re: tense - presenting a person

Thank you. Do all these from the Google Book search validate your assertion? To me, not all cases shown seem to show the current-time frame. Code of Federal Regulations - 176 페이지저자: Office of the Federal Register, United States Federal Register Division, United States - 1986 A person who...

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Anonymous 5 days ago 2:32 am

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need grammar & tenses check plz

Can you please check this sentence?Though he liked your magazine and has agreed that your offer is a good branding exercise, the ad rates are high and I’m afraid we won’t be able to accommodate it within our budget.Thanks a million!

ESL General English Grammar Questions by X_K 16 days ago Grammar Dates Tenses
tense in quotation marks and conditional

Hi,1. Let us say this was in quotation marks. How would you validate the use of the underlined tense?The people who built houses; their walls have crumbled, as if they had never been!2. TWO more questions:Does 'as if' in normal sentential situations mean the same as 'if', like...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 28 days ago Dates Tenses Clauses Modals Conditionals Quotation marks
Re: saddening/seeing

HI again, Thanks Clive for your reply.But I am not convinced with your answer.I read this link posted on this site itself - http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm . I can't open your link, although I can imagine what it says. Here its mentioned we can not use...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 29 days ago Grammar Verbs Dates Tenses Stative verbs
Re: Tenses

Thank you, Doll, for your help.Is there a contracdiction in your answers?YOUR RESPONSE:My friend said that the city would raise taxes. I would say that this sentence is wrong... AND THIS:4) My friend said the city will/is going to raise taxes after July 7th.My friend said that the city would be...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 38 days ago Dates Tenses
Re: Tenses

My try: Uses of phrase "found out": (the city is going to raise taxes and the action of raising taxes hasn't iniitated.) 1) I found out that the city is going to/will/is planning to raise taxes.I don't see much difference with this:I found out that the city would will raise...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Doll 38 days ago Dates Difference between Tenses Past tenses
Tenses

Hi,Please check these.Uses of phrase "found out": (the city is going to raise taxes and the action of raising taxes hasn't iniitated.) 1) I found out that the city is going to/will/is planning to raise taxes.I don't see much difference with this:I found out that the city would...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 39 days ago Dates Tenses
Re: Phd letter

A few suggestions below. Good luck! The purpose of this letter is not only to describe my educational and professional background, but also to focus your attention on how motivated I am to start join the PhD programme in University has important research activities in this area, I would like...

ESL, Formal, General & Business Letter Writing (English language) by Mr Wordy 51 days ago Universities Dates Tenses
Re: Felt like...

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing. "Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy? Whom is she talking to? Her date?? "Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Avangi 52 days ago Verbs Nouns Adverbs Tenses Plurals Dates Present tenses Past tenses Whom