Still not sure?
STILL, YET and ALREADY Last time, I shared my misgivings about the slippery present perfect tense in English. As if it wasn’t bad enough alone, this tense also provides a favourable habitat for three of our most exotic and user-hostile adverbs: still, yet and already....
Writing, un examen a superar
Claves para superar un writing con éxito ¿Alguna vez te has enfrentado a un examen de ‘writing’? Si es así, sabrás el estrés que produce enfrentarse a ese folio en blanco tan temido. No salen las palabras cuando tenemos mucho que decir. Una situación, y a dar...
Present Perfect II: The Past as a Hangover
Problems, problems… In my last blog, I explained why the English Present Perfect tense can be tricky to get right for non-native speakers. Many languages use a similar form to talk about the recent past, reserving the “regular” past tense for more “historic” events....