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tense

eagerness — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:31:12 GMT

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 aÂ weddingÂ invitation." or

"A fried of mine has sent me an e-mail asking why I hadn't yet sent him a wedding invitation."

Thank you in advance for your help inÂ clarifyingÂ thisÂ dilemmaÂ for me.

Re: Techical Report Writing

Susankay — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:28:37 GMT

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 tells him he's a prude and throws his ring at him. The caterer was cancelled and everyone returned their gifts.

One story - several tenses.

Re: forms of "be"

Mister Micawber — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:51:11 GMT

The uses of be are numerous, Sunilghai:

âverb (used without object)

1.	to exist or live: Shakespeare's âTo be or not to beâ 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 or remain as before: Let things be.

5.	to belong; attend; befall: May good fortune be with you.

6.	(used as a copula to connect the subject with its predicate adjective, or predicate nominative, in order to describe, identify, or amplify the subject): Martha is tall. John is president. This is she.

7.	(used as a copula to introduce or form interrogative or imperative sentences): Is that right? Be quiet! Don't be facetious.

âauxiliary verb

8.	(used with the present participle of another verb to form the progressive tense): I am waiting.

9.	(used with the present participle or infinitive of the principal verb to indicate future action): She is visiting there next week. He is to see me today.

10.

(used with the past participle of another verb to form the passive voice): The date was fixed. It must be done.

11.

(used in archaic or literary constructions with some intransitive verbs to form the perfect tense): He is come. Agamemnon to the wars is gone.

Re: Past or present tense

Clive — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:37:24 GMT

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

Re: Please help correct my grammar to my friend

Newbie2007 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:26:37 GMT

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 not sure )

How are you ? Are you busy working (why don't use "at work" here) in Brunei ? Yesterday, I saw some of your updated photos in your public album. Is the man who wore a grey straight line T-shirt in your picture no. 044 your boyfriend ? Our company has a big change of/on/about the personnel matters. In May (May is probably a name?), Jube and Joe will leave soon, Stephen has been (were?) promoted to General Manger ....., I hope this is a good beginning. How is your business ? Please keep (on) uploading (keep doing smt?) your new photos, and don't forget informing us about when you marry. You need to invite all of us to attend your wedding in Brunei, of course including the free tickets and meals for us. Finally, I wish you would (will ?)have a good business to get more money, be always sweet with your boyfriend and be happy. Keep in touch !

May I have your explanations? Thank you very much.

Yeah, nice to meet you, too

Yeah, Thanks for your ideas.

They are also ok. There are many ways of using a verb.

But wish you would have a good business to get more money, be always sweet with your boyfriend and be happy. Keep in touch !

In my opinion, You have to use would and be. It likes a conditional tense.

About be, the above sentence like : I wish to happy. Instead of : I wish be happy or I wish happiness.

Re: alone

Ant_222 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:29:05 GMT

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 better:

«He was alone in the house. His parents had gone to a wedding dinner.»

Re: Be going to

Goodman — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:44:38 GMT

Using present progressive to indicate future action is very common in English. This may present some confusion to learners. âI am going to try to make it to your partyâ. This means from this minute to the whole time your party shall last, Iâll make an effort to show up.

I am leaving for Paris a week from now. Even the construction is present progressive, the tense is really in the future.

What time are you leaving your house for Toddâs wedding tomorrow? Leaving your house â¦requires no âfromâ in this context.

won't, won't be

New2grammar — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:06:42 GMT

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 wedding.

I won't be attending you wedding

I'm kind of busy now, so I won't have lunch with you today

I'm kind of busy now, so I won't be having lunch with you today

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks!

Re: Wedding Invitations

Pioussoul — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:40:30 GMT

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 forms. Those are adjectives derived from past participles.

Thanks, friends, for your reponses, but I don't really know whom to believe, you or Feebs in that both of you hold good reasons.

Yet, in terms of your reasoning, the base sentence should go like this:

[Two lives, two hearts,
which are joined together in friendship,
and united forever in love.]

Then, it's not a complete sentence because it's lack of a verb.

Therefore, is it possible that a wedding invitation do own poetic licence like a poem?

Please shed more light. Thanks.

Re: Wedding Invitations

Marius Hancu — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:02:29 GMT

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 adjectives derived from past participles.