By Tenses, Weddings

Can anyone please tell me which one of the two sentences below is grammatically correct, and why? I am still confused as to which tense to use, the present perfect or the perfect past tense."A friend of mine has sent me an e-mail asking why I haven't yet sent him...

Because this is a description of a "process" it might fall under "report" or "story telling" style of writing. Example: The wedding has been cancelled. Mary buy a dress and he sees it and goes ballistic about it. "It's too low cut" he yells. She...

The uses of be are numerous, Sunilghai:–verb (used without object) 1.to exist or live: Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question. 2.to take place; happen; occur: The wedding was last week. 3.to occupy a place or position: The book is on the table. 4.to continue...

Hi, Consider Mary lives in China. Mary lived in China. Which tense is more suitable? The answer is that it simply depends on what meaning you wish to convey. Where no context is available, either should be considered correct. It's the same with your 'wedding party' example. Best wishes, Clive

Quangtn03 wrote: I've corrected some mistakes. But I'm not sure of the blue words. To quangtn : Hi, you are from VN, aren't you ?" src="../emoticons/emotion-2.gif"> . Yeah. I'm Vietnamese. Nice to meet you. Hey newbie. I have some questions for this passage. (the blue words are ones I am...

Hi, I am not sure whether it is correct to say "go out for a wedding dinner", though going out for a beer is correct... I'd like to point a tense mistake that you've made. If you say the guy was alone, then his parents must have left the house earlier, so I think the Past Perfect tense works...

Using present progressive to indicate future action is very common in English. This may present some confusion to learners. “I am going to try to make it to your party”. This means from this minute to the whole time your party shall last, I’ll make an effort to show up. I am leaving for Paris...

I know this forum has discussed about the future tense and future continuous tense many times. Though I understand what they mean, it seems to me the future tense could sometimes be harsh in some contexts while the future continuous tense sounds just nice. For example, I won't attend your...

Marius Hancu wrote: Pioussoul wrote: I really wonder why the past tenses of joined and united are used here. For me, shouldn't they be present or future tenses? Would some experts shed some light? I'm really confused and don't see the perspective of native speakers. Those are not simple past...

Pioussoul wrote: I really wonder why the past tenses of joined and united are used here. For me, shouldn't they be present or future tenses? Would some experts shed some light? I'm really confused and don't see the perspective of native speakers.Those are not simple past forms. Those are...