tense

The "simple past tense" is often used to describe situations that have occurred in the past. The present-perfect construction has within it two tenses: a primary present-tense,

2024 Jul 05

How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?

It''s: one hundred quintillion or: a hundred quintillion The words for very large numbers If you''re wondering how to form other huge numbers like this, here''s the pattern: A

2025 Apr 02

What is the noun to express the state of a simple person?

The adjective " simple " might have many meanings. Some dictionaries say "a simple person is stupid". 8 STUPID [not before noun] someone who is simple is not very

2025 Mar 23

prepositions

Yes, the sentence is much more fluent without the about. The simplest answer is "because that''s not how we generally speak in English"; you can see how much more common

2025 Oct 15

past simple

Are there any shades of meaning between the use of the past continuous, present simple and past simple in the following sentences? He was saying that he is going to leave

2025 Mar 16

What question do participles answer?

The simplest explanation is probably the one where it''s all that''s left over from an elided plural noun like people or things. Terminology ranges from OED''s "absolute adjectives"

2025 Jan 20

In the simplest way possible

In the simplest way possible - could someone explain the rule you followed in spotting the error? Ask Question Asked 6 years, 9 months ago Modified 6 years, 9 months ago

2026 Feb 05

What is the difference between adjectives "different" and "differing

I think that''s the simplest way to describe the difference between these two words that you can possibly come up with.

2025 Sep 03

present tense

As I understand it, Past Simple (the second sentence) is possible here only as the simplest version of Present Perfect (the third sentence), isn''t it? But why is Present Perfect

2025 Feb 20

adjectives

Should I use most simple or simplest to indicate something cannot be more simple? Can I use both? Is one prefered? If simplest - how is that pronounced? (Is the e silent?)

2025 Nov 28

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