By Tenses, Verbs

when i teach the Present Continuous tense (elemenentary level) I usually ue these easy steps:1. Introduce/ review the Verb BE, in it's different forms..AM, IS, ARE ( Present Tense)2. Introduce/revi Personal Pronouns, I , HE, SHE, IT, WE, YOU, THEY.3. Explain/expound the relationship of...

Passive voice infinitive. Passive voice = verb to be + past participle. "Won" is the past participle of the verb "to win".

are. What has happened to them in Modern English? There was no future tense in Old English even though the predecessor of will was sometimes used to indicate future action. Its meaning was "to want, to desire" and will has mostly lost this meaning. It is still present in some contexts,...

Dummy IT, not dummy IF! It seems to me that sometimes the IF-clause is what the IT represents.It would surprise me if Mike failed the exam.is essentially"if Mike failed the exam" would surprise me.orMike's failure would surprise me.I only make the observation that, in my opinion,...

Hi,Can a present activity with a dynamic verb possible? Only present habit/routine? with a dynamic verb possible?

Hi Geek!"I have want to ask" was my mistake when I write on the subject so I rewrite "I have wanted to ask."I am still thinking that "I have wanted to ask..." is correct rather than "I have been wanting to ask.."I think that some verbs (know,want) are not...

One of explanations could be a confusion between the "progressive" tenses. For example, the verb "to know" indeed can not be used in ONE of the progressive tenses, known also as "Continuous", ex.: "I'm knowing it". But it looks pretty OK in another...

Hi there!John Doe has graduated (graduated??) from *** University in the U.S. with the Bachelor of Art degree in honors, and a Master of Art degree from the same institution. Before coming to ***, he has worked (worked??) as site coordinator for international conferences as a government employee...

(1) In 1978, a year or so before The Wall was released, Gilmour filed his first solo project, appropriately titled David Gilmour. While the songs don't approach the sublime heights of his best 1970s work, the album does have enjoyable moments, like the rockin' "Cry from the...

mbouti has a point here. The crazy tenses in the OP excerpt set the present tense as the time when TR was/is six years old watching Lincoln's funeral procession. Therefore, the equivalent should be, "who would one day become his second wife" would be equal to, "who is one day...