0Hi,02br 02br 00 kindly answer the following confusing question and make us all learn this grammatical rule02br 02br 00In a certain dialogue between two persons, one of them is saying that he saw (past) some other people who are deceptive and think ill of others02br 02br 00what are the tenses I should put the sentence in02br 02br 00" 00I 01u01b00have noticed02b02u00 there 01u01b00are02b02u00 plenty of people, whose faith 01b01u00is02u00 02b00of no use in their social dealings, 01u01b00think02b02u00 ill of others even before communicating with them.00 "02br 02br 00Thanks in advance02br 02br 00if my inquiry is not clear, I hope you let me know0-
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0 .02br 00These are fine:02br 02br 01i00 I 01b00noticed / have noticed (that) 02b00there are plenty of 01b00people whose02b00 faith is of no use in their social dealings01b00 and who think02b00 ill of others even before communicating with them.02i0-
0Thank you so much it was extremly confusing02br 02br 00But the phrase" 01i01b00whose02b00 faith is of no use in their social dealings01b00 " is parenthetical02b02i0-
0Another confusing tenses ,please02br 02br 00what if I have been away from my viallage and once I returned people from everywhere kept telling me the news of a man02br 02br 00Is this ok:02br 02br 00"Since my return to the village, I 01u00have been learning02u00, from every nook and cranny, all that00 01u
0The "I have been learning" is okay - it shows that it's still going on right now.02br 02br 00"From every nook and cranny" isn't quite right. It's a perfectly good expression, but it should be used for physical things, unless the walls themselves are whispering to you. Try "from every quarter."02br 02br 00Your "has befallen" is also okay - it brings whatev