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Dear all, For whatever its worth – Here is my opinion as I promised to deliver: The issue we have been dealing with here boils down to one question – “In one sentence, grammatically and semantically, could we use both simple past and present perfect for one item?” Evidently, the...

C. gather together - This is like "interview", you gather potential employees together before hiring one. — You don't "gather potential employees together", during an interview. You keep them apart. You sure don't invite the whole town. You do select viable candidates for a job, and yes...

Hello Jim He needs love. > his need love The verb 'need' didn't come from the noun 'need'. The relation is reverse. The verb 'need' was brought forth from the verb 'need' in the 12th century. He desires wealth. > his desire wealth Historically 'desire of' has been more common than...

Interesting and thorny topic, that! "usually" is the keyword. It appears to me that "for" is the only really common alternative to "of" in these constructions, with an occasional "to" or "with" or some other preposition. And it always depends on the verb, of course. Some take only "of"; some...