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Bhikkhu1991 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Present/Past tense in the present

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00Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers,02br
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001. At the time of writing the letter, I still have not understood the logic of the edition.What is the correct tense or tenses such as a present or past tense I should or can use in the underlined words in order to communicate with my Grammar Teacher ?02br
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002. Could you tell me whether the following words can be used in order to replace the words in the underlined words of the letter or not ?02br
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0It is best to replace all those words underlined with those in item b. About tenses, I have read an article 05000which may be of help to you. htmlcTENSES

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  • 0It is best to replace all those words underlined with those in item b.
  • About tenses, I have read an article 05000which may be of help to you.
  • htmlcTENSES
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0It is best to replace all those words underlined with those in item b. About tenses, I have read an article 05000which may be of help to you. 0230hrefhttp://kengtpenangenglish.blogspot.com/2008/02/tenses.htmlcTENSES
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0Hello Grammar Teacher, 02br
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00I would like to thank you for your advice. I have accepted item b.,that is, am not able to understand.However, I am doubtful about the rest.02br
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00Could you tell me whether those underlined words,including item a.(have yet to understand ) can be accepted as alternatives in that situation ?02br
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0I would like to thank you for your edition.However, I 01u00cannot understand/ have not understood/have not been understanding02u00 the logic of your edition.Could you ...' b. am not able to understand02br
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00I was reading the thread and wanted to offer a little direction. I sawa that were giv
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0In any written communication, clarity is very important. Items a and c are not suitable.02br
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00Item a (have yet to understand) means or implies that you will understand in due course even without aid, while item c (could not understand) is a past situation without indicating the present state and may imply that you can understand now.02br
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0"Not able to understand" does not necessarily imply that the person has some kind of mental deficiency which could be just one of the (I would say, unlikely) causes of the inability. The inability could be due to the edition being unclear. 0-
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