By Translation, Present tenses

Hello everybody! Probably, you already know of my infamous venture —the translation of an adventure game called Star Heritage. Below I'll repeat part of my answer to Huevos, whom I shall thank for accidently reminding me of the problem that I now ask you to help me with: «I have tried to...

The easiest explanation of the whole lyric is ''Even if I am/were water,fire,stone or even something unthinkable like this KAÇ/How many, would you still love me.''The verb is to count. Like counting people, books, pieces, scores, numbers.It has another meaning as I stated in the previous post...

I just copied the lyric from a Turkish songs' lyrics page.I know the song well. One of my favorites.The word is sayılmasam, not sayılmazsam.I don't want to get involved in a Turkish grammer question, because this is a English grammar forum.But in case you are interested in, meaning of sayılmasam...

Hello Paco, first I think Jim mentioned that part because I sometimes write back saying 'il mio maestro' - actually am not an italian though, I very much like the sound of it. I did studied. I am now rather embarrased with the fact that I gave him my profile incorrectly by saying something in...

Hello Sextus, 1) I think that's fine. (I get the impression from what you've written that Sextus E. used the simile without fully working out the implications. Is that indeed your conclusion?) 2) It's true that some native speakers would use the present here. Let me try out the possibilities...

I am not quite sure as to your exact question, but 'have' and 'have got' used for possession, as in: 'I have a headache/new car/great idea.' 'I have got a headache/new car/great idea.' are identical in meaning, with 'have got' only slightly less formal than 'have'. However, 'Have got' is used...