... passive tenses wrong. Writers have heard that the passive tense slows down the forward motion of their writing (which is true) and ... avoid unnecessary wordiness).One hears questions like "How do I get this out of the passive tense? 'I was writing a story.' " It's true that words that end with ... , past progressive tense, politicians, grammar, frugal editorAdd to: | Technorati | del.icio.us | Yahoo | ...

... still a couple of months away. The McCain campaign offered the "verb tense defense" to justify the senator's claim, ridiculing the distinction between "have" ... tenses do matter and "lobbies" does not mean the same thing as "is lobbying". Although the first is called the English present tense, the second is used to assert that an activity which is happening right now. The present tense is also used ...

... You farang, you talk too mutt!'I know e farang always talk too much but while the present's tense, if I could perfect my Thai or Cat her English, the future could be almost perfect.If ... . As we get to understand each other better, most of the tensions are now way back in the past. Past tense yes, but can I claim present perfect? Maybe not yet awhile, though is there any such thing in life anyway? I' ...

... wrong I was!Writing is already a very awkward, uncomfortable endeavor for me...and this change in tense made things even worse. I had a really hard time getting into the ... now...not thinking so much. Also, I've made some plot decisions that lead me to believe this will truly be the best tense for the book. It's a mystery. She's very impulsive. Etc.But a little part of me is still troubled. Will I ...

I've been struggling with it myself and it got me wondering what tense makes the most sense when talking about a game? What does the decision to use the present tense over the past tense, or vice verse, say about our view on the game itself? I've always felt that the use of the past tense [...]

... first draft but as he, my tutor thought my opening chapter was too slow, I've thought about opening with the fight - in third person descriptive.Have I understood this weaving in of 3 person tense? The fight scene is very rough and unfinished. The tutor thinks, as I think Jen mentioned a while ago, that woman may be interested in how service wives, especially non commissioned officers' wives, live ...