Towards the end of February, I received questions about tough, counterintuitive aspects of English grammar from a Filipina friend who taught English as a second language (Tesol) for many years in Hong ...

Tenses in English are made of a time and an aspect. English recognises 3 times (past, present and future) and 3 aspects (simple, continuous and perfect.) An aspect is the character of a verb.

Last week, on request by a now-retired Filipina friend who had taught English as a second language (Tesol) for many years in Hong Kong, I discussed these two grammatically faulty negative ...