Hi, Grammar Geek. If it were the simple past instead of the present perfect, you would not doubt whether the bad time is over, but as it is the present perfect, you can't be sure, right? I mean the present perfect does not ncecessarily

We 've had a pretty bad time while you were away. In fact, we very nearly split up this time. (Collins Advanced Dictionary) Is this sentence correct? I want to attract your attention especially to the underlined parts.

1) She treats them as if they are her parents. 2) She treats them as if they were her parents. 3) She treats them as if they had been her parents. a) She treated them as if they were her parents. b) She treated them as if they had been her

You can take advantage of the similarities in teaching irregular verbs. bend - bent build - built lend - lent send - sent spend - spent sell -sold tell - told .. You can find a complete list in some grammars. For example, in A Comprehensive

Thank you, Jim. What do you think of the passive version? The importance of the problem got to be realized by Jim. or The importance of the problem came to be realized by Jim.

Sam got to realize the importance of the problem. Is this sentence correct? If yes, what does "got to" add to the meaning of this sentence?

Susan loves to paint. She becomes serious while painting her art. I don't think "paint" and "art" collocate. I would use produce / create a work of art

1. 'To play games is a fun way of improving your memory skills.' (wrong)-- Here, the second one is 'wrong' and sounds so, because of the lack of parallelism, which the first sentence exhibits: 'playing' -

Hey, anon. A little test: Which one is correct? a) take care of b) take cared of I am anxiously waiting for your answer.

Hi, YSchneider . I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non-native speakers. Here is an extract from CGEL*: Did you lock the front door? in a domestic situation where it is known that the front door is locked at