Hi there: I have a question about lexical semantics. In the sentence "She noded", is the action "noded" interpreted as a single action or as an activity involving a sequence of nod? thank you.

Hi: I don't see the difference between the following expressions, could you help me, thank you! I like to see you; I’d like to see you; I like seeing you; l’d like seeing you Normal 0 21 false false false FR ZH-CN X-NONE

Hi there: it's difficult for me to find an explanation of one common application of the past progressive in conversation, such as: "I was recently reading about an invention which may turn garbage into soil" OR "Paula was saying

i'm not a teacher. Perhaps form the viewpoint of the author, "too much traffic and pollution" is one problem, because "traffic" and "pollution" are two closely related phenomena.

the sentence was taken from a grammar book dealing with past perfect. I thought past perfect was only used to indicate earlier state or event in relation to present perfect, but i now see, thanks to the examples given by Philip, i have ignored

Hi: could you explain why the following sentence is ambiguous? "I had been speaking to her at 4 O'olock". thank you

Hi everyone, I learn that Simple Present Tense is used to express general truth, and Simple Past Tense historical event. But for me, sometimes it's hard to draw a clearcut line between truth and historical event. For example, we say "1921

"Kim opened the parcel for half an hour". does the sentence mean "kim spent half an hour opening the parcel?"

Hi there: I learn from a grammar book that a small set of verbs of communication such as "tell", "say" and "hear" can be used in simple present tense even though the act of telling, saying or hearing happened in the

Hello, everyone: I don't understand the following paragraph, cited from a grammar book, could you help me please? "there is an idiomatic exception to the rule that the simple past tense indicates definite meaning: this is the construction