In Verbs^x, Marriage^x, Present perfect^x

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...

Hi Hela First of all, the most common verb tense to use with since (temporal) is the present perfect (or present perfect continuous). This is a well-known rule and also works most of the time. However, ruling out all other verb tenses completely would be a mistake. The four...

Geniseta wrote: Hello, "She doesn't come to see us since her marriage." What I think: The use of the present tense here is absolutely incorrect. We should say: "She hasn't come to see us since her marriage." Or at least: "She doesn’t come to see us now that she is married". ...

Hello Roro As you know I'm an English learner and I myself am not so confident about between the simple tense and the progressive tense. So please use the following as something like junk food for your thought until native speakers give you more decisive answers. Q.1) I think you should...