Suppose I wrote someone an email and told him something. After a few days, it occurred to me that I forgot to tell him about other things. What is correct in this situation: Hi marc, I have just remembered that I forgot to tell you about other things… or Hi marc, I just remembered that … Read more
He advised me/ to do as he did/ but I did not pay any attention/ to his advice. /(No error) The answer is no error , but I think the sentence should say “to do as he had done”. Why is “as he did” acceptable? Answer This is a case of tense change due to … Read more
What are the real rules for choosing past perfect versus choosing past simple when you have two different past actions? I ask because the English sequence of tenses rules I was taught would have made me choose different tenses than those the writers in all three examples I show below chose. That makes me think … Read more
I am a bit confused about the proper tense for the following situation. I try to make an example: A couple of weeks ago I talked to someone. We have not talked or communicated in any way again since then. So this action is completed and lies in the past. This talk lead to an … Read more
This would probably be considered a duplicate, but I looked at the other similar questions and still can’t figure out what to do in this instance. Would simple past or past perfect be better here? I didn’t understand how it was possible to miss something I never had. or I didn’t understand how it was … Read more
Quote from English book: Sadly, I never got to meet her because she died before I was born. I think it should be: Sadly, I never got to meet her because she “had” died before I was born. I think it should be in past perfect because the death took place before the birth and … Read more
I have to write this on a website, which one is better? Are you looking for […](description of our service)? You’ve come / You came to the right place! Answer When you mention something that happened in the past, its timing isn’t mentioned and is perhaps no significance to your mention, and you’re mentioning it … Read more
In my point of view these two are the same and both talk about two actions that respectively was done in the past. But which one is correct and what is the difference between them if there is any? When we had finished dinner, we went out. When we finished dinner, we went out. Answer … Read more
In such a question, what is most commonly done by native speakers of English: focus on the past action of you putting the car keys somewhere – somewhere not-too-logical-seeming? Where did you put the car keys? or focus on the present result of me not knowing where the car keys are, of the car keys … Read more
I’m writing a short prose piece for an academic audience and need to know whether the following sentence sounds right, especially its first clause: What he had just said, especially that final sentence, really enlightened me. The context here is that I’m recounting a story in the past where person A has just told me … Read more
