Comments on: Past tenses in English http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:12:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-45323 Clare Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:05:00 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-45323 The first is better. The first is better.

]]> By: Luboš http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-45222 Luboš Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:52:33 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-45222 "I have cleaned the dishes and dried them." or "I have cleaned the dishes and HAVE dried them." ?? "I have cleaned the dishes and dried them."
or
"I have cleaned the dishes and HAVE dried them." ??

]]> By: omar http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-38873 omar Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:24:21 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-38873 its same Parvin's problem (( i have a doubt about this sentence"I was wondering if you had a time to see me" so why we have to use HAD instead of HAVE.The meaning of this sentence is like you are hoping to see you by someone means you have not seen yet so why do we have to use HAD? please clear my concept)) Clare replies: Using the past tense "had" means you keep the tenses consistent, as you've also got the past form "I was wondering". its same Parvin's problem
(( i have a doubt about this sentence"I was wondering if you had a time to see me" so why we have to use HAD instead of HAVE.The meaning of this sentence is like you are hoping to see you by someone means you have not seen yet so why do we have to use HAD? please clear my concept))

Clare replies:
Using the past tense "had" means you keep the tenses consistent, as you've also got the past form "I was wondering".

]]> By: Clare http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-38637 Clare Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:22:57 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-38637 "He got married" is more common. "He got married" is more common.

]]> By: khaja http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-38609 khaja Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:02:13 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/past-tenses-in-english/#comment-38609 please explain me Which is correct in this two sentences, he married, or He got married, please explain me Which is correct in this two sentences, he married, or He got married,

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