Did Esther handed her bag to you before she left?   Did Esther hand her bag to you before she left?   Did Esther hands her bag to you before she left?      Which of the three is grammatical?
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I didn't go to party.   I didn't went to party.
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Two days had passed since she had last eaten or slept.   Or should it be:     Two days have passed since she last ate or slept.   Or something else? And why? The combinatorial explosion of past simple, past perfect and present perfect is killing me.
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She invited me to dinner. But it _____ two years since I _____ to her house. So I lost my way.      The answer is "was", "had gone" but would it be possible to change "had gone" into "went" because if he  lost his way, may be he only went to her house only one time and "went" refers to a single event.
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This is from a textbook for ESL students.     At the information desk, a lady asks, "Where is the restroom?"  A man says, "It's just behind you.  Do you see where the sign is?"   Is this sentence structure "Do you see where the sign is?" the same as, for example,      "Do you know where the restroom is?"   If I take this sentence as a relative clause, does it work?
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1.Etiquette requires that the bride's father makes a speech. 2.The situation requires that he go there.  UPDATED: These are two different sentences. My questions are about those, not only one of them. No one has explained anything as to the latter. I am wondering the reason for--in the first sentence -- there has been used the s on makes. Basically, I meant although the two sentences are subjunctive, in fact, why the first one has used s.
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I had been eating before I visited you. I had eaten before I visited you.  How do you know when to use either of them?
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Suppose a book consists of three sections:     The book is/was divided into three sections.   I am thinking the past tense option "was" should be used, because the act of dividing the book into three sections happened at the time of writing. Is my analysis good?
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Consider the following sentences:     I had my identity stolen by Mr. Ripley.   and     I had my identity stolen by a Mr. Ripley.   and     I had my identity stolen by a certain Mr. Ripley.   In what sense do these 3 sentences differ from one another?  How do a and certain modify the middle and last sentences?
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Here's the situation: I meet a friend and I tell her about yesterday:     “Hey, John!”   “Hi, Sarah!”   “How was yesterday's trip?”   “It was great. Karl took me to the countryside to show me his new house. It reminded me of the/a house I rented in Oxford.”    “...a house I rented in Oxford.” indicates one of the (multiple) houses I rented in Oxford? “...the house I rented in Oxford.” indicates I rented only one house in Oxford?
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I'm confused about the following examples, and I'm pretty sure I've seen both of them in books and white papers.   What I have to do is find her. What I have to do is to find her. What I would like to do is to buy it. What I would like to do is buy it   Can anyone please tell me which one is correct?  Many thanks
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We are currently in the process of finishing planning for the outage.    It the preceding sentence grammatically correct?    Is the preceding sentence ideally structured?   If not, what would be a better way of saying it?
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Which of the following is a correct sentence:   Does anyone know where's Linda?  Does anyone know where Linda is?    Does anyone know why and how to use above usage if #2 is correct. Also please let me know this kind of specific structures.
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What did you say?   What you said.         How did you and mum guess I wanted Agnes?   how you and Mum guessed I wanted Agnes   What is the meaning of above two sentences? When should I use "did + present tense" and the past tense of a verb?
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Which one of the following is the correct one?   I should have seen it glow. I should have seen it glowing.   Or are both correct? Would you parse them please?
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What is the passive voice of the following sentence?     My friend gave me this book.   Is it:     I was given this book by my friend.   or     This book was given to me by my friend.
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In 1999, I was living in Cuba.      In 1999, I lived in Cuba.   Do both sentences seem grammatically correct?   My teacher had told that the first sentence, which is with past continuous, is incorrect. I don't know whether or not the first sentence is correct. It indeed seems natural, doesn't it?
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Are these two sentences grammatically correct?   Mona told me that London was the biggest city in England. He wanted to know where Manchester was.   I found these two sentences by chance in an exercise book published by Egypt's  Ministry of Education. Both sentences talk about a fact, and Is it unreasonable to change the verb tense in reported speech to past simple when what the sentences talks about is still true? (As my teacher and the books say.) Or is it right when we talk about facts to change the tense or is the tense change optional and  both are correct?