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ID Topic Author Last updated date  Replies Views Rating Past Simple vs Past Perfect Dear Dr Grammar Which is best? She (hadn't known) or (didn't know) anything about the subject until she watched a documentary about it. THANK YOU S hishamlubbad Jul-17-10 06:12 AM by Pruthiraj 2 513 --- Past Simple or Present Perfect Dear Dr Grammar, There are two exercise in my book and on the same page I couldn't explain to my students. Please help me to give them a satisfactor hishamlubbad Jul-17-10 06:05 AM by Pruthiraj 2 448 --- Present Perfect Simple Vs Present Perfect Continuous Dear Sir, Would you please explain the main differences between The Present Perfect Simple and The Present Perfect Continuous? Thank You Very Much hishamlubbad Jul-17-10 05:59 AM by Pruthiraj 2 424 --- Plural or singular? My honor Dr. Grammar, I have been teaching in The Asian High School and there are some problems that I really need you to help much! There is very s funnybird3385 Jul-17-10 05:56 AM by Pruthiraj 1 176 --- Tell or Being told? Dear Dr Grammar, I am really confused about the following sentence: I don't remember .................... ....... of the decision to change the c comeonphuc Jun-09-10 08:52 AM by Dr Grammar 1 169 --- timeless present Dear Dr Grammar: could you explain what the timeless present is, please? semantically speaking, does English have tenseless verbs? for example, "One p guzhao67 Apr-01-10 08:42 AM by Dr Grammar 3 958 --- Hate like love Dear Dr Grammar: What is the difference between: "I hate/ like/ love doing." and "I hate/ like/ love to do." THANK YOU. hishamlubbad Mar-15-10 08:54 PM by hishamlubbad 2 310 --- simple past tense indicating future time Dear Dr Grammar: could you please give me an example of the usage of the simple past tense indicating future time in English? I've got two but am not guzhao67 Jan-05-10 07:39 PM by Dr Grammar 1 402 --- Alex24 - present simple vs present continuous Dear Alex24, We use present simple with events that happen repeatedly, or are always true, or are considered facts. With reporting verbs like 'say Dr Grammar Jan-05-10 07:30 PM by Dr Grammar 16 2327 --- infinitive form for can Hello, I had a debate with an English person who said that the infinitive form for the verb 'can' was 'to be able to' . I did not agree with him as rosagold Nov-04-09 09:51 PM by Dr Grammar 1 345 --- I was building a house Dear Dr, in the film "Unforgiven", played by Clint Eastwood (1992), before the hero pulls the trigger to kill Little Bill, the latter (Little Bill) sa guzhao67 Aug-11-09 12:58 PM by Dr Grammar 1 707 --- I hope the weather is/will be fine tomorrow dear Dr, could you please explain the semantic difference between the following two sentences? "I hope the weather is fine tommorrow" and "I hope guzhao67 Aug-11-09 12:54 PM by Dr Grammar 1 574 --- Difference between "will+V" and "will be to+V" Dear Dr Grammar: could you explain the use of "will be to" in the following paragraph: " our first task will be to locate and to describe the most com guzhao67 Jan-01-09 09:16 AM by Dr Grammar 1 1609 --- "will" used as future construction Dear Dr Grammar: how to interpret the meaning of "now" in this sentence: "My daughter will now play the clarinet for you". Does "now" in the sentence guzhao67 Jan-01-09 09:03 AM by Dr Grammar 1 828 --- you lie! and you are lying! Dear Dr Grammar: could you please explain the difference between "you lie!" and "you are lying!"? which one is likely to be more frequent in use? than guzhao67 Dec-10-08 07:20 AM by Dr Grammar 1 822 --- "oil will float on water" or "oil floats on water" Dear Dr Grammar: We use simple present tense to tell general truth. I don't understand the tense difference in the following sentence. "Fish live in guzhao67 Dec-08-08 01:36 PM by Dr Grammar 1 937 --- the use of tense in book review Hi: I have a question about the use of present tense in book review. my question is why book reviews are always written in present tense? while this i guzhao67 Nov-25-08 08:43 PM by Dr Grammar 1 839 --- past tense and present tense when referring to great wo... Dear Dr Grammar: I need your help. when citing some great person's famous remarks or ideas, past tense and present tense are both acceptable. for exam guzhao67 Nov-20-08 07:15 PM by Dr Grammar 1 901 --- Past progressive in common conversation Dear Dr Grammar: it's difficult for me to find an explanation of one common application of the past progressive in conversation, such as: "I was rece guzhao67 Nov-06-08 07:49 AM by Dr Grammar 1 878 --- historical event and truth Dear Dr Grammar, I learn that Simple Present Tense is used to express general truth, and Simple Past Tense historical event. But for me, sometimes it' guzhao67 Nov-03-08 06:26 PM by Dr Grammar 1 790 --- backshifting in indirect report speech_verbs of communi... Dear Dr Smith: 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 t guzhao67 Oct-29-08 04:32 PM by guzhao67 2 818 --- performative verbs in passive form I've read in a grammar book that the phrase "you're fired!" is used more often in comic-strips than in real life. The book doesn't offer a more detail guzhao67 Oct-28-08 06:11 AM by guzhao67 2 951 --- the house falls down! vs the house is falling down Dear Dr Grammar: I don't understand the exact meaning of "the house falls down!" In my opinion, it's more natural to say "the house is falling down". guzhao67 Oct-28-08 06:11 AM by guzhao67 2 785 --- present perfect or simple past when using "today" as ti... Dear Dr Grammar: what's the difference between "He didn't have breakfast today" and "he hasn't had breakfast today" and "He hasn't shaved today" and " guzhao67 Oct-28-08 06:09 AM by guzhao67 2 867 --- tense shift Dear Dr Grammar: I'm always confused by English tense questions, especially tense shift; I just don't understand why tense shift if we could express t guzhao67 Oct-21-08 10:46 PM by guzhao67 2 905 --- embedded present tense under past tense Dear Dr Grammar: could you explain why the present tense ("lives") is used in the embedded that-clause in the following sentence: "In 1862, A. Lincoln guzhao67 Oct-21-08 02:22 PM by Dr Grammar 1 838 --- state verb vs dynamic verb Dear Dr Grammar: when reading Harry Potter, I've found some confusing examples about state verbs with progressive aspect. I've been told that the stat guzhao67 Oct-17-08 01:41 PM by guzhao67 2 937 --- have encountered or have encounter which is correct? The biggest problem that i have encountered / i have encounter was when i received a phone call from an enemy. please tell me the kidlatep May-16-08 05:32 PM by Dr Grammar 1 1757 --- new words Please, send to my email new words Alsushka Apr-16-08 10:30 PM by Dr Grammar 1 1755 --- "open up" "close down" Good afternoon Dr. Grammar, Is there any reason to believe that the term "open up" is somewhat incorrect and should be replaced with "open" and that markspain Mar-23-08 09:31 PM by Dr Grammar 1 1400 ---

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