By Verbs, Present tenses

Re: a Few grammar questions

Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living.CJ

a Few grammar questions

Hi everyone,I have a few grammar questions and I don't know how to answer them:Explain why the verb “To Be” is not a non-progressive verb?I know the simple present never talks about the present but what can be an exception to this rule?Why does the present tense not exist in English? What...

conditional

Hi, Are these all examples of the first conditional? If a if-clause is in the present tense, then any modal verbs can be used and it would still be a first conditional sentence? A zero conditional sentence is the one only states general rules and can't use modal verbs? All first...

Re: he is gone. What tense is being used? Is that simple present tense?

 I think it's a big mistake because the verb after the auxiliary is in the past participle, it means that the auxiliary should be 'has'  (the verb 'to have' in the present) instead of 'is' (the verb 'to be'  in the present. its a common mistake and it's a...

Re: I thought

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Re: I thought

I'm not a native speaker but I am pretty sure the version with the present tense "I though I know" sounds quite odd. You could hear something similar when "I know" is reported as direct speech, or is not really linked to "I thought":There was this girl, you know,...

About Spam Block and others

Hi the following url is a text is from a referencehttp://tinyurl.com/5bq2x4I wish to know that(1)ForSpam blockIt is a noun + verb combo, is it a valid statement? If yes why it is?(2)ForIncreased efficiencyWhy it is not Increase(without d, present tense) efficiency?I am not sure what is the effect...

Re: When vs after

But you would say "When I finish walking in the park (as a general rule), I take a cab home." "When you cook unripe plantains, they taste like burned mush." All the italicized verbs are in the present tense. "When you do such and such, this is the result" is the...

Re: tense after "thought"

Hi,you need to say "I thought he was a doctor".After certain verbs in the past, for example "knew" or "thought", present tenses don't sound good. But "decided" and "had decided" are both past tenses, so they are both acceptable (yes, the...

Re: Past tense and present tense(confused)

jaylhw1 1. I am mistaken. 2. I am interested. 3. I am distracted by peter. All of the above are past participles used as adjectives to show the states. i.e. I am pleased to inform you…. # 3 is a passive tense. I was distracted / disrupted by a loud scream outside of my window while I was...