2016年6月13日 · She was nominated twice by the Academy. She has been nominated twice by the Academy. She is a two-time nominee. All are correct; the tenses simply put a different "spin" on the statement; the past emphasizes that the nominations took place; the present-perfect that they took place and continue to be relevant in some …

2019年2月14日 · From other's conversation,I found out they mentioned I was and sometimes they also mentioned I were. Is there any rules for I was/were?

2018年2月5日 · Past Simple was is used for something that finished in the past: I worked there for five years - but I don't any more Present perfect have been is used for something that started in the past, continued to the present and either is still happening, or has some lasting effect: I have worked there for five years - and I still do. In your sentence, if …

2017年6月8日 · Your two sentence are slightly different in meaning, one is about drinking coffee, the other about the habit of drinking coffee, the habit aspect is implicit in the your first sentence and explicit in the second I used to drink coffee every day. habitually I drank coffee every day I was used to drinking coffee every day. I had become accustomed to drinking coffee every day.

2014年11月5日 · A) "Below the bridge, the fishermen started shouting that if Chaudhary were to jump, they would catch him and foil his attempt to end his life." In general, the "BE to Verb" expression when used in a conditional (as in #A), it merely serves to reinforce the remote modality that the writer wants to express in that sentence. That is, for your example, the narrator thinks it …

2022年5月11日 · The "is written" phrasing is understandable and correct grammatically. However, it's a little unusual to specify that a speech is or was "written." It's more common to refer to a speech being "delivered" or "given" or just "by" someone. That's why I suggested "This year's speech will be by John Doe" rather than "This year's speech is written by John Doe." The present tense just sounds weird ...

2016年1月17日 · 20% of the students are/is present. The remaining 20% of the protein form/forms enzymes. Singular verb or plural — which one is correct?

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2020年11月4日 · If you had just one of the item, "sold" is correct. If you had a stock of them (more than one ready to be sold), and they are all gone, then the product is "sold out". You can also say "We are sold out of that product."

How should I say: Why there is only one student there? or Why is there only one student there?