began vs begun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum I'm the parent of a 2nd grader and I'm looking for a good explanation for the difference between the verb began and begun Thank you in advance
[Grammar] - began had begun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum Hello all, In the following passage, is the verb form began correct or should it be had begun? Also during the second decade of the twentieth century, the federal income tax was instituted, allowing personal contributions to philanthropy to become tax deductible On the heels of this major
[Grammar] - Construction has begun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum Hello there, Please help me with the following problem: "Construction has begun on first of five structures scheduled to open in the spring " Why is there no need to place "the" before the word "Construction"? If I put an extra "the" there then will it make the sentence wrong? Thanks in advance
the construction was begun | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum Does "a construction was begun" make sense? It sounds weird, I think "a construction began" seems to make sense And "it will complete" doesn't make sense? Does it always have to "it will be completed"? ex)In 2001, the construction of a cultural complex for the Spanish autonomous region of
Please rate my accent and pronunciation - UsingEnglish. com I have these 2 files, could you please judge both? which one sounds "better" also could you guess where I'm from? This was the script used: "As the pen fell far to the floor, Amy watched it hit the linoleum She knew she couldn't have caught that pen if Brian threw it to her from his greasy
[Grammar] - have yet to do | UsingEnglish. com ESL Forum "That compulsion has resulted in robotics And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close " {ret 192} Please tell me what's the meaning of "having yet to create", and give me an example May it is a have yet been able to
English Tenses and Aspects 5 - The Retrospective Aspect English Tenses and Aspects 5 - The Retrospective Aspect 5 1 Traditional 'Rules' This form, traditionally known as the perfect, may be unmarked, I have worked, or marked, I had worked Typical lists in grammars of the uses of the forms include: unmarked An action begun in the past and continuing through the present: My boss has lived there since 1998