By Tenses, Pronouns

Hello Hela, yes, it's nice to see you too! I'm not posting here much at the moment, because my pc is defective; but I hope to be re-kitted-out shortly... If I say that you're harping on about X, I mean that you are obsessively talking about X, in an irritating and excessive way....

My ear accepts either one -- isn't or wasn't. The pronoun this seems to override the verb tense.Anyway, only one of two parties is happening "now". The other is "the party I had expected" (earlier, when I was doing "the expecting"). CJ

Good evening, Mr P, nice to read you again. I often ask questions on the site but you seem not to have seen my posts What's the meaning of "to harp on about something" then? How would you use it?Best regards,Hela

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...

 I think it's a big mistake because the verb after the auxiliary is in the past participle, it means that the auxiliary should be 'has'  (the verb 'to have' in the present) instead of 'is' (the verb 'to be'  in the present. its a common mistake and it's a...

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 Corinna, Welcome to English Forums. Why don't you register, and then we can recognize you next time. Choices: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts 1. The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects. I would consider this a comma...

I have underlined some problem areas: The Woman Within the Doll The Baltimore Sun wrote that back in 1879, “A Doll's House” by Henrik Ibsen “shocked and offended people wherever feet” (1031). This might have caused him to become the “half-drowned” kind of man, as he refers...

Hi Hoa ThaiThere were a number of details that I considered in my last post. These included the following:- Sold out used strictly as a verb vs sold out used like an adjective - Verb tense- Using sold vs sold out (particularly in combination with the word 'all')- Word order (i.e. Does...

Hi,1) As the letter was written in French, I couldn't read it.If we interpret the word As to mean because, we establish that letter had been written before it was read. Therefore, there is no need to use the past perfect tense.However, please note that as could also mean at the same time, so...