Dearteachers, In my country's culture, the order of writing full name is as follows: family name - middle name- given name. For example, Nguyen Anh Hong Nguyen(family name) Anh(middle name) Hong (givenname) How should I write in English?

Thank you Califjim very much .But if the fact is still current now, which tense should we use,Present simple ( IS ) or present continuous ( has been) ? Best wishes

Dear teachers, I read on the Internet about the bad effect caused on our helth by smoking and here is the doctor's advice: .. For healthy gum Until now, the best way to maintain healthy gum was to brush throughly twice daily. Could you

Dear teachers, Can I say like this? John and I have been friends for a long time, but until now I still don't know where his home town is Thanks in advance

Dear teachers, Could you help check whther my sentences below are ok? Situation: Today is Friday . The Lunar New Year Festival will take place on Friday nex week. Can I ask and answer in the ways below without changing the meaning?Are both the

Yes, the whole sentence taken from Oxford Dictionary is" Until now I have always lived here alone"

Sorry, Bokeh. I am still confused about what you just explained.No.3 is "now I relate the story", which is present, not past.

Yes, Grammar Geek, The sentence" I have always lived here alone" is taken from the Advanced Oxford Dictionary

Hi Bokeh, If the number2 is no longer the case,why not use the simple past, because it doesn't happen before another past action? I am still confused about it.

Hi Avangi, These two sentences are in the novel "The one billion dollar girl". They are not mine: Until today, I was enjoying school in spite of the work" Until now, everything was going so well. I find this use of tense her very