In Word order^x, Simple past^x

Taka wrote: Eight-year-old Jimmy comes to school and on his face is the clear mark of a hand. if real fear and harsh punishment were removed from child training, children would develop into better happier and kinder adults. About the part in red, is it the subjunctive mood, or the simple...

For # 1- I'd say "what were you waiting for yesterday? "? instead of just a simple past tense. # 2 is awkward. I don't think people really speak that way. However, there are contexts where "yesterday" can be placed at the beginning or at the end of a sentense. i .e. I went to a movie with Mary...

Hello, Janissary, 1. If a clause begins with a negative adverb, inverted word order must usually be used, with the subject following the Simple Present or Simple Past of the verb to be, or the first auxiliary. In the case of the Simple Present or Simple Past of any verb other than the verb to...

Hi, Ali. This is a really nice essay, and I know exactly what you mean about perfumes! You need a little atTention to your grammar, word order and tenses, so let's try and help out. You have used the present continuous for a lot. (the 'ing' form). When we write a story, it is usual to use the...

A. You can use the simple present perfect here: "I haven't worked as a teacher for 2 years." This is used (amongst other uses) when we are talking about something which happened in the past, but is somehow connected to the present. So, 2 years ago (past) you stopped working as a teacher, and...

Hello Xavier, you're right of course: Communication is one of the tasks of language. The Grammar is "late": Language follows special patterns (word order, inflection, cases, conjugation, etc) - language has to follow those patterns as without them, communication wouldn't be possible. The only...

In former times, questions were built by a so called 'inversion', that means Subject and Verb of the actual sentence changed positions: Examples: You like tea. -----> Question: Like you tea? He likes tea. -----> Question: Likes he tea? This was possible as word order did not loom very large,...