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Are tenses always related to verbs. Including Aspect (Perfect, Imperfect, Non-Progressive, Progressive) ?

In terms of linguistic complexity, can one classify Simple, Perfect, Non-Perfect, Non-Progressive, Progressive ?

Is it true that the Past Simple Tense and the Past Perfect Ttense are distinct tenses in English, and they serve different grammatical purposes. Past Simple Tense (Simple Past) describes completed actions or events that occurred at a specific point in the past. It does not require a connection t...

I have been looking at Past Tenses. And encountered the Perfect and Non-Perfect Tenses. Looks as if the use of Simple Tense is superfluous because Simple Sense is basically Perfect Tense. Would that be so ?

I extracted this passage from 1984 because I am looking for passages written in Past Progressive Tense or Present Progressive Tense. I would think it is written in Present Progressive Tense but not quite sure. In its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. People were leaping up and down in th...

Where can I find this source dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stick-to-guns on the ELL-site? There isn't offered any source as far as I know.

I am looking for books or passages that use the past progressive tense. Books are typically written in the past tense or present tense for narrative purposes. The past progressive tense (also known as the past continuous tense) is not commonly used as the primary tense.

A look at my question history will show that what might be grouped under the umbrella of 'uncharitable close votes' is a bit of a hobby horse of mine, and I fully accept that the community as a whole takes a stricter view than I do on the subject. Nevertheless, I was thinking about the oft-used c...

My post at https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/341384/what-adjective-can-be-used-to-describe-this-kind-of-behavior was closed today by moderator Laurel, who also made the following comment: Considering that this is an attack on specific (albeit unnamed) members of SE, I find this question hi...

Should moderators delete answers for combining terseness with comprehensiveness? For example, "What do you call a language that doesn't use the European alphabet?" asked for "a word" or "adjective" for languages "like Mandarin and Japanese" that are "non-alphabetic". A comprehensive answer to thi...

Could you please recommend some learning materials (books, videos, websites, etc…) that those who are learning English as a second language can use to train native pronunciation of American English? I would like to know about materials on the shape of the mouth and the position of the tongue in p...

How should I do to reopen my 'ask question'? it has been closed since 13 days ago. They closed my following question. I don't know why. until now I don't see my chance to ask. Who can help me. they don't allow to delete this post. What would I do? Thanks you all very much. How should I understand...

We recently had a question where a usage example was given, along with an attempt at part-of-speech tagging, and a request to validate that tagging: Knowing what grammar is used A user then closed the question in a non-voting process because "we [do not] fully break down the grammatical structure...

The topic of tense and aspect in English seems to be a lot more complex than I had believed it to be before joining SE. There are multiple viewpoints - the simple one everyone learns in school (which is the only one I was familiar with until very recently!) - and the ones proposed by language ex...

hello guys Sometimes when we put or remove the space between some compound words, theri parts of speech are going to change, right? E.g workout(noun/adj) and work out(verb) Do we have any book except dictionaries for explaining these? I mean a book like (Oxford Word Skills, Evolve, Intermetdiate...

Please, if possible, introduce books on the following topics. Modern Grammar, Syntax, Morphology I want to use your experience. Otherwise googling is easier but useless.

There is currently an open question on ELL which has raised some completely off topic argument in the comments some of which are becoming unpleasant. One contributor is saying you shouldn't answer questions unless you have a deep knowledge of linguistics or are a gramerian. And two others, includ...

I'm a bit surprised that two mods endorse closing... What does that mean: "my toes speak English"? ...citing "Lack of context". After failing to find the exact text in Google Books, I searched the whole Internet, and found just one instance - on someone's Facebook page. BUT when I (reluctantly ...

What are THE books for English grammar? Are the books that written for linguists and those for non-linguists but at the comprehensive/advanced level different or the same? If different, what are THE books for English grammar and written for linguists? what are THE books for English grammar and w...

I'm looking for a large (at least several hours) collection of audio records accompanied by transcriptions (just text, timing is not important) narrated by one person whose accent can roughly be described as General American, preferably male, high pitched would be ideal. Is collecting the audio b...

As every English learner, I come across many near-synonyms and synonyms, such as 'sad,' 'gloomy,' and 'wretched'. How can I determine which of them conveys a stronger emotional intensity? What words are moderate in use for formal meetings, and which ones are too strong? What words sound more lite...

I am looking for material that can be used to teach non-English speakers academic English for mathematics. I meant it might be some basic vocabulary. Any help will be appreciated.

When you opt to close a question due to its being a duplicate, the program automatically churns up examples and you have to choose one. Often, more than one applies, yet there is only one choice possible. That's too bad.

Few days ago, I edited this question. The original post looks like this: Can we omit the subject and object at the same time? example: 1 Although he is hurt by her, he still loves her. (nothing omitted) 2 Although hurt by her, he still loves her. (subject omitted only) 3 Although he is hurt, he ...

Recently, I asked a question which I believed would be on-topic for this site, but has attracted a lot of feedback which tends to misunderstand what I was actually asking. This, and the fact that a high-rep user suggested re-asking this question there, lead me to believe that the question would ...

Where can I find a list of the verbs that need an object complement, listed according to whether the object complement is a noun or adjective or both?

I recently asked a question on ell.SE requesting resources, which was subsequently moved to the meta, and to which I quickly found a satisfactory answer, namely I discovered Resources for learning English. I suggest to include this link into the right-hand panel "Helpful links" found on the Ask a...

Correct prepositions and collocations in general do not come naturally to a non-native speaker. I had been using www.just-the-word.com to check for right combinations, until it went offline some time ago. Although it was occasionally glitchy, it generally recognised grammatical categories correct...

Now, you should be using the "add picture" feature in the editor to get an i.stack.imgur.com address for your images in your posts. That is hosting that SE pays for and images there won't get deleted. However, we have some posts that use free hosting, namely i.imgur.com. On May 15th, Imgur is cha...

Did anyone use both? And your opinion? How often do they make mistakes?

I don't mind the downvotes. I am here to ask questions and get answers not to score points. But what seems strange to me is how what I intended in some recent questions failed to get across. And I'm posting this meta question to get to the bottom of this: is the dismissiveness I have seen across ...

Relevant question and answer What is the grammar point that we changed the structure "S + V and V" into the structure "S + V, Ving"? Is an answer written by an AI chatbot, such as ChatGPT, Bard or others acceptable? Subquestions: Should such answers be deleted? Should they be flagged? How? What ...

Someone whos can help out me? If someone got the cambrigde dictionary about It or stuck like this

On most SE sites, giving answers as comments is generally frowned upon. But here, it seems to be a very common practice. I realize that this site is different in that most questions are quick one-offs, and most people with a question don't bother searching old answers, but is that really a good r...

The description for our (main site's) third most popular tag meaning reads: This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about what a word means. This sentence seems ..off to me, if not entirely wrong—I would never phrase it like that, in any case. Can a native English speaker def...

Recently a new user insisted on commenting on the downvoting that happened on their question (a duplicate was posted on ELU, where the exact same comment was added). I cannot fully recall the exact phrase, and do not have access to those now closed/deleted questions, but it was both targeted at t...

What kind of language should I learn to properly ask and answer on this forum?

Someone made a comment on my answer saying: Very poor answer tbh of a new contributor bounty hunting. Would this be allowed? I don't think this is the purpose for commenting, so I flagged it.

An example answer would be: The second sentence is correct. Which would be an answer to this question: Which sentence is correct? “I is human” or “I am human”?

If my answer is the only answer on a bountied question, do I still get the bounty even if my answer is not an accepted answer?

Would this be allowed? (To protect my reputation from any downvotes, I made it a community wiki.) Here is a link to the question.

I want to prepare for the IELTS academic exam and I need to score 7.0 at least, and I am so confused about the best resources. Do you have any suggestion for me? And in your opinion, which is better Collins or Cambridge books for IELTS?

I want to prepare for the IELTS academic exam, and I am so confused about the best resources. Do you have any suggestion for me? And in your opinion, which is better Collins or Cambridge books for IELTS?

Just give me the link with a liable source liable source written by an experienced teacher. The point is that there're loads of cads and bilkers, giving very terrif and absurded pieces of advuce.

Could you suggest a comprehensive textbook or academic research study that covers all the cases of using articles (a/an and the) in English? I'm having trouble finding a detailed and well-reasoned explanation on this topic. I've already read several specialized books on English grammar that focus...

It’s been 10 years since this site was proposed in Area 51, so we’re celebrating ELL’s 10th anniversary! In the beginning, this site was started by users of English Language and Usage (EL&U), as a place for all the questions from learners that didn’t quite fit there. Thus, a new site was born to ...

While trying to post, I'm receiving: Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from your account because most of your questions need improvement or are out of scope for this site. See the Help Center page Why are questions no longer being accepted from my account? to learn more. Please do not ...

Referring to this Amazon review of a book, The writing style is extremely poor ... The grammatical style is horrendous: incorrect usage, nonparallel structure, misplaced commas, run-on sentences, etc. Is there a way to systematically cover these and other common pitfalls in writing style, in th...

I have a question about my English Language Learners Stack Exchange post: What famous formal literature or writing has used "still more" as a conjunction? How can we improve or salvage What famous formal literature or writing has used "still more" as a conjunction? please ? Kate Bunting and I ...