By Tenses, Learning English

Hi,... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also:http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

Hi,I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory, and...

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Hi, I have been so worried ... is fine, and here it's not a passive structure. Here "worried" is being used as an adjective (look it up in this dictionary).Both worrying (present participle) and worried (past participle) can be used as adjectives. The difference is, if something is...

Hi Ashish Tiwari,Judging by the sound of your last couple of postings, it’s increasingly convincing to me that you are not a beginning learner. In fact, you may be toying with us. I may even have to learn a thing or two from you! One thing striking me odd from these mind exchanges which...

Hi there Stuck on these two questions. I am self-learning english with a book that has no answers section. Fill in the blanks with the correct words taken from the brackets. My answers are in red-font. He was (sat, seated) under a tree. (seated) She was (lying, laying) on a couch....

Hi MkyolI'd like to point out a few things:- The word 'since' does not work in your sentence as it is written. It seems that you want to use the word 'since' to talk about 'from a point in the past up to now', but that doesn't work well with the verb 'started'. The start of something is usually...

Hi, thanks for the post, but I want to relate the fact that my mother had an intense passion for education.. which led me to learning English since junior high school. The examples you have there doesn't seem to relate the two ideas together.. and seems it's only about 'my mother'

Philip wrote:Very little difference. I do make a distinction for students who are learning English, but this is only for past tenses. I encourage the use of 'when' with the simple past and "while" with the progressive. When the doorbell rang, I jumped. While I was talking on the phone,...

Anonymous wrote: Someone help me What is the difference between when and while? Very little difference. I do make a distinction for students who are learning English, but this is only for past tenses. I encourage the use of 'when' with the simple past and "while" with the...