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Have a perfect future with the future perfect Posted by on Jan 29, 2021

Good morning, dear readers! January is drawing to an end and many of the questions and uncertainties from the previous year still haven’t been answered. My favorite discussion topic for this month, New Year’s Resolutions, ended up falling flat, as none of my friends or students were really eager to make any plans for the…

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What If…? The If Clauses in English Posted by on Jan 18, 2018

From early childhood we dream of possibilities. We ask ourselves, and others, questions which begin with words like, “If only…” or “What if…”, each time considering a future with uncertainty, curiosity, and wonder. Every time we do this, we are employing what’s known in English as a conditional clause. A conditional clause is a type…

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Verb Tenses: Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Progressive Posted by on Aug 17, 2012

Today we are taking a look at two closely related verb tenses in English, these tenses are: present perfect simple and present perfect progressive (also called: present perfect continuous).  Both of these tenses are used to express that an action began in the past and is still going on or has just finished.  In many…

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