The word 'tense' comes from 'tempus', the Latin word for time. Some languages like Mandarin Chinese don’t have verb tenses but express time in different ways. When writing, it’s important to use the ...

Anwar Hassan from Egypt asks about the grammatical differences between British and American English. Nyu Shvei from Hong Kong wants to know when to use 'I didn't go home' and 'I wouldn't go home'.

Answer these questions and find out just how good you are with the use of tenses in English! Illustration: Uttam Ghosh 'She is waiting for us at the restaurant.' 'They spent the night at a roadside ...

Have you ever felt that English could use a couple more tenses to truly capture the nuances of the past, present, and future? We’re inviting you on an exploration of languages that have taken verb ...

The future tense describes an event which has not yet happened. You will frequently see the word 'will' in English when the future tense is used. Have a look at the rules below and then move to the ...

FOR my dissertation for a PhD in applied linguistics, I wrote a 300-page manuscript all about verbs in Philippine English.