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Did it snow this time last year? seems a little too specific. I would take it almost as Did it snow on this date last year? Hardly anyone would remember such a thing. I think, therefore, that unless I were consulting a meteorologist regarding real weather data, I would use Was it snowing this...

Hi, First thing first, let's give the verb forms their correct names. was purchased >> past simple , passive had struggled >> past perfect is purchased >> present simple , passive The time sequence in your example sentence is something like this: 1. in the...

Hi again, Oh, yes, sorry. I should have provided some examples. "We learnt that he has been director of the company for about ten years." Yes, to be very correct, I'd use Past Perf. here. However, you'll hear Pres. Perf. for cases where what is said is still true at the moment of...

Oh, yes, sorry. I should have provided some examples. "We learnt that he has been director of the company for about ten years." "I was sure that you know it!" Is it correct in official speech (language)? Or one should use, accordingly, Past Perfect and Past Simple? I wonder...

This is what I am submitting She used to have long hair. Form Used + infinitive I used to eat meat. We used to date. Function To state a habit or state in the past that is now completed or different from the present situation . The sentence above functions to allow...

The basic form is a common technique in constructing time lines or time charts: listing the date and state the event in simple present; and that is the form that most of these verbs in your excerpt take-- simple present active or passive. 'Using a 50 power refractor that he designed himself,...