"she doesn't like me being her superior" in this sentence, if i say: she doesn't like me to be her superior. is the meaning the same? or changed? Some one told me that if you use being, meaning you're already her superior,

Hi, guys: When you talk about a dead person, normally what tense do you use? He(dead) was or is Irish? or The cigar(consumed) was/is cuban? Can you present tense in these cases? Thank you! ench.

thank you! Sorry i forgot to write down that they are talking to a pregnant woman. is it still a conditional/hypothetical?

Hey, I've been always confused with the word would. Here is one" "In spite of appearances, I believe he would be an excellent father figure." I can't understand it as the pass tense of the word will. Is it equivalent to the

Sometimes I see word persons instead of people is used. What the differences are between these two? for example, in this sentence, can i use people instead? "the FBI just beamed over recent missing persons." Thanks, Ench.

Thanks, CJ and all. I also saw many articles in Wikipedia that are talking about the synopsis of movies. They use present tense as well. Are they the same reason? Breathless immediacy? Ench

Guys: He is talking a guy who died a day ago: " it makes no sense. A man flies 8 missions into the space, and he falls out of a plane?" Why flies and falls? not flew or fell? or even perfect form? Thanks, Ench

hi, all: "If they dropped him from orbit, he’d have burned up and his loafers would’ve fallen off." My understanding is that it should like "if they had dropped him...". a post tense dropped doesn't make any sense to me?