Comments on: Verb Tense with Since http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/verb-tense-with-since/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cindy Hopkinshttp://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/verb-tense-with-since/#comment-66 Cindy Hopkins Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:42:23 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/verb-tense-with-since/#comment-66 Someone said to me: I make me a folder. I know this is very wrong but is there a rule that goes with that? I would normally say, I make myself a folder. Someone said to me: I make me a folder.
I know this is very wrong but is there a rule that goes with that?
I would normally say, I make myself a folder.

]]> By: Nahidhttp://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/verb-tense-with-since/#comment-65 Nahid Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:13:21 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/verb-tense-with-since/#comment-65 like to know when to use "The" and " A or An" in the sentence.It is sometime confusing to put the right word in front of the word. could you please shed a light on this difference? like to know when to use “The” and ” A or An” in the sentence.It is sometime confusing to put the right word in front of the word.
could you please shed a light on this difference?

]]> By: Elaine Walshhttp://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/verb-tense-with-since/#comment-64 Elaine Walsh Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:57:21 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/verb-tense-with-since/#comment-64 Although I learned my English theory when Napoleon was still a cadet, I was taught to say "HIS coming was unexpected" not "Him coming ..." "YOUR coming ..." not "YOU coming" I hear and read "HIM coming" from all sources including politicians, novelists, journalists and public speakers. Please set all of us straight ...have the Gerund rules changed? Elaine Walsh Fossil from Chicago Although I learned my English theory when Napoleon was still a cadet, I was taught to say
“HIS coming was unexpected” not “Him coming …”
“YOUR coming …” not “YOU coming”
I hear and read “HIM coming” from all sources including politicians, novelists, journalists and public speakers. Please set all of us straight …have the Gerund rules changed?
Elaine Walsh
Fossil from Chicago

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