Hello CalifJim, Thank you for the answer. I thought that present continious tense here is in accord with it's usage for future plans. Would you be kind to give some additional explanation, I don't understand well. Are you staying awake for

Thank you very much for your help Mama Dave. Your explanation is clear and it helps of course. Best regards

Hello everyone, I would like to know about the situations in which I'm asking somebody about his/her plans,and about possible nuances in the meaning as in the following example: Do you plan to stay awake for the New Year's day? Are you

Hello everyone, I would like you to check if there is a nuance in the meaning of the two following questions as to politeness or so: Are you staying in town overnight ? Will you be staying in town overnight ? Thank you for the answer

Hello everybody, I'd like to answer Thomas Thompion's question. Yes , Michael Swan is a Briton. I want to add also that he says in his book that "could" isn't normally used to describe past ability on one occasion .I

Hello everybody, I'd like to answer Thomas Thompion's question. Yes , Michael Swan is a Briton. I want to add also that he says in his book that "could" isn't normally used to describe past ability on one occasion .I

Hello Thomas Thompion, I'm glad it's ok now. I find your last post very informative Thomas. I'll use this occasion to correct my wrong spelling of the word "occasion". Thank you again for your help

Hello Thomas Thompion, Thank you very much for your analysis again. I've understood the part with "could have" well I think that we didn't understand each other well on the point of "could". Swan is just wrong to

Hello again, Thank you for your answer CalifJim. Sorry for bothering again, I know that I might be boring and repetitive with this topic but I'd like to give it  another try and offer a better explanation of my problem here. I thought that the

Hello Thomas Thompion, Many thanks for your thorough answer, it is really informative and will help me a lot in understanding this issue. The format you've chosen is not of much importance for me honestly though it seems that the way you did