By Whom, Past tenses

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing. "Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy? Whom is she talking to? Her date?? "Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date...

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...

Hi JacksonWhen referring to the names of dead family members or other people with whom you had some kind of personal relationship, it is normal to use the past tense. Using the present tense suggests that such people are still alive and/or that the personal relationship is still current.As a...

ETJW-CMD wrote: Dear Goodman, I am one of Hoa’s friends, a member of a friendly yet private English-To-Join-the-World Club that we co-founded here in Vietnam. Last night, she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion. My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense...

I'm not sure if there is any prescriptive rule to what I read in a statement as follows: ...after all these years, I asked him if he remembered who I was. The sentence sounded okay to me, but I was also confused as to whether the subjunctive should be at play here and if the past tense of...

Hi Jack,my try:I would not put myself in a position where I jeopardized the people working for me, or those for whom I worked, for the sake of vanity.I don't know the exact terms to refer to those words. Let's say those two "past tenses" are kind of like two "subjunctives" or "unreality past...

"Have you ever turned down a promotion?"No, I haven't. I've worked hard to achieve the promotions I've received and have always felt I was the right woman for the job. However, if I was ever offered a promotion for which I was sure I wasn't ready, I'd like to think I would have the courage to...

The Pope has named a new archbishop of Warsaw after Stanislaw Wielgus quit admitting he had collaborated with Poland's communist-era secret police. Pope Benedict XVI named Kazimierz Nycz, 57, who has been bishop of the Baltic city of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg since 2004. Bishop Wielgus resigned...

Marius Hancu wrote: Pioussoul wrote: I really wonder why the past tenses of joined and united are used here. For me, shouldn't they be present or future tenses? Would some experts shed some light? I'm really confused and don't see the perspective of native speakers. Those are not simple past...

Anonymous wrote:Please divide the following sentence into members: She has found relatives whom she never knew existed. I do not understand where exhisted belongs and how it agrees with whom. Thank you. IreneHi IreneThe sentence should be: She has found relatives who she never knew...