By Tenses, Numbers

No. We say: When he arrived, he noticed that the window was open. Even though the arriving happened before the noticing, there is no past perfect in this sentence. Often just the order of the narrative indicates the order of the events in time. Others:Gerald awoke suddenly that morning and...

Thank you.Let me shorten the number of questions. How are they different?1.Should it be in a present or future tense?2.Should it be in a present or a future tense?3. Should it be in a present and future tense?4. Should it be in a present and a future tense?I think no. 3 is incorrect, but I am not...

Hi Avangi, A few more musings... To me, "until now" implies that the engines, though previously uncommon, have recently become common (or at least more common), or are about to become common very soon. Although "until now" signifies a change that happens "now", in...

.I'm sorry, but your conglomeration of poorly structured example sentences and confused numbers makes it unclear to me what you are asking. Nor are your following questions particularly lucid. I can tell you that 'would fail' is conditional 2, which is a present form.Perhaps if you...

Hi Frank, Welcome to the forums. Your main problem seems to be tense. Today my friends and I have visited Grouse Mountain, in Vancouver, Canada. Usually with a specific day, use simple past. Present perfect is possible, but I think simple past is better here. We planned to visit it last week....

Hello Marius Hancu, I would like to sincerely thank you for your kind reply. The reason why I did not continue with my previous post is to try to comply with the rules of this forum. In Rule 6, it sipulates: 6) Posts may be removed for any number of reasons; please keep your posting on topic...

Hi,Generally speaking, it's not great grammar to start a sentence with 'so' like this. However, people sometimes do it. (1) So all too often, we find in situations of conflict that religion, instead of encouraging people to move beyond their own trauma and own fears, tends not only...

You can use those tenses. Or backshift with ... said he would call back tomorrow to ask how my hand was doing.I'm not surprised you are troubled by those. Even native speakers, I think, find them troublesome. CJ PS. You didn't mention that you gave him your phone number!

Hello everybody! Probably, you already know of my infamous venture —the translation of an adventure game called Star Heritage. Below I'll repeat part of my answer to Huevos, whom I shall thank for accidently reminding me of the problem that I now ask you to help me with: «I have tried to...

There is no difference between may and might worth agonizing about. may sounds a bit more formal to my ear. And may cannot be used where a past tense is required in tense matching: I knew I might be late. Not I knew I may be late. In other situations, both are used the same way. Use the...