By Tenses, Past tenses

Hi,Actually I wanted to see the difference between select a few and selected a few.It's just present tense / past tense. Or are you asking about something else?ClivePSPerhaps you mean this adjectival form. They only represent a select few young girls. They only represent a selected few young...

Rule of thumb, don't use "since" with "ago" together. Since is used typically in present perfect tense, and ago is used in past tense.You can say " I have been suffering from insomnia for weeks. or I was suffering from insomnia 3 years ago.

You can't be sure can you? I mean you are no longer living there so I would use the past tense. Also, why my room? It's no longer your room. Try my old room or something like that.Just my opinion.

Hi all,If you are describing to your friend about how pigeons would roost on the window ledges at the place where you lived, would you use the past tense of the verb 'roosted' or the present tense, 'roost'? Supposing there are still pigeons roosting on the window ledges where you...

I find it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.I found it difficult to park a/the car along a/the kerb.Suppose I found this to be the case some time ago and I still find this to hold true, what should I say? Should I use the present tense or the past tense? Also, could you please tell me...

Hi,In a thread named "wish", Cool Breeze wrote this.After I wish and if only the conditional is usually used to refer to the future:Then, directing fIollowng that, he gave these two examples:I wish / If only it wouldn't rain tomorrow.I wish / If only he would come and meet me at the...

Hi. On TV you may not hear the sounds, the tongue-play within the chamber of the mouth and the tiny air stops, etcetera that occur when people speak. You need to be face-to-face with your pronunciation coach.I can well see how you "hear" FAX for facts, because the sounds are about...

That "if" clause is not in the past. When you use the simple past tense in the "if" it is still possible that the "if" clause could be fulfilled.

You are the eleventh guy/person to sit on that chair.You are the eleventh guy who has sat on that chair.

Hello,I am the one who posed the original question (not anonymous now). Mr. Micawber, you chose "He provided service from August 2006 to August 2008". Is this necessarily wrong, "He has provided service since August 2006" ? We are printing the award in July, so, it is not a...