We do not have language only to talk with people. We use it to read, write, and think as well. It is important that we try to represent feelings and thoughts in language. We may think about time and change. ■→More
Tag: Simple Past
Past reference for the Simple Aspect.
6.5. THE TARGET TIME AND FRAME
We use time frames and symbolic cues, to work as in the Mind practice for the difference between the Simple and the Perfect. ■→More
6.3. EXERCISES: THE ASPECT AND THE TIME FRAME
Mind practice for the Aspect and the time frame.
2. The skylark found nothing to outbid the bit of cosmos with a squid.
8. The spotted redshank bachelorette bewailed and reset her buret for the bouncing bet. ■→More
6.2. ASPECT COGNITIVE VARIABLE AND TIME FRAME
Madame Règle is not a systematic person at all. The only regularity about her would be a small book she always carries fastened to her bag with a scarf or, actually, a variety of scarves of many colors and textures. The book is not the same book every day, and the choice of the scarf sure depends on some totally unpredictable factor, just as the exact time for lunch, for which you might want to assume the broad time frame of about sixty minutes to commence or not to happen altogether. ■→More
6.1. OUR LINGUISTIC GRAVITATION
We people can share novelty, as well as speak without looking to the hour. We may resort to natural Earth and think gravitation. to choose on the grammatical time frame. ■→More
CHAPTER 6. TO CHOOSE OWN PATH IN TIME
There are no universal principles for choosing between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple. We may learn many classic rules, and yet we are always going to need own resolves in context. An idea as a grammatical time frame can prove very helpful. ■→More
