Dear teachers, As far as I know, until now/today often go with Present perfect or past perfect, but here it's past continuous. Could you possibly help clarify the meaning of past continuous used with until now here? She said, " Until

Hi Bokeh, Your explanation is still confusing to me.Idon't think there are four points of time here.There are only three ones : 1) the terrible thing happened 2)I didn't think about it for some time 3) Now I relate it So terrible thing

Thank you Old Man Gordon, Could you please tell me in an easy way when I must use Present perfect + until and when I must use past perfect + until today. I know that the past perfect expresses an action which happened before another action or a

Dear teachers, Could you please help me choose correctly between the present perfect and the past perfect in the following context? Hi, Jack, I am going to tell you about the terrible thing that happened to me when I was in high school.This thing

Hi, Monalisatuan, Your idea is exactly what I want to express, but I want to make sure the sentences are grammatically correct and natural to native ears. Could any native speakers help me by telling me Monalisatuan's sentences are natural?

Hi, Can I say like this instead? Hi, Mr Obama. I've heard about you for a long time (now), but never face-to-face until today.

Can I say like this instead? Hi, Mr Obama. I've heard about you for a long time (now), but never face-to-face until today.

Thank you Mister Micawber very much.But how about if I say" but only by sight today"? is it wrong or right? I see this phrase in a short story. Quote A painting that hung all alone in one corner caught Dieu’s eyes because it was so

Thank you Mister Micawber ever so much. By the way,Could you tell me how to pronounce your name" Mister Micawber"?

Dear teachers, Please help me express this idea: I know Mr Jim is my friend Mike's uncle because Mike and other people have told me about him many times, but I have never met Mr. Jim before. I just know him by name only .Now it is the first