What tense is this in the example sentence?
The researchers were able to detect the virus. Is this pluperfect? Is that the same as … were able to detect the virus ? Sounds horrible and wrong 😆
Put the imperative in the future tense?
(how) Can I put the sentence "Play me the song of death" into the future tense? I know that you can't put the imperative, for example, into the subjunctive tense. But I'm not sure about the future tense.
Is the pluperfect actually idiomatic here in German?
It's about Mel C. "I turn to you" "When nothing turns out the way I planned. The translation actually says "planned had." I find that extremely exaggerated.
Why does the future tense I come AFTER the future perfect on a timeline?
We all know these tenses from German, but why does the future perfect tense (e.g., "I will have eaten") come before the future perfect tense (e.g., "I will eat")? If you had a fictional timeline and identified a point in the future where you would eat, you would first eat and then have eaten, or…
Tension when writing a book?
If I use the first-person perspective and write the action in the past, but the first-person narrator's thoughts only sound normal in the present, is that wrong? e.g.: "I really like you, Till," she murmured shyly. Right now, I just want to hide my face and sink into the ground. This girl is driving me…
which tense in the main and subordinate clause?
Can someone make me a list like this: main clause. subordinate clause e.g. present tense, if? praeteritum. because? future1, because? pluperfect, because? perfect because? future 2, because? I know which tense always comes, and I need the right ones. The question marks are for the tense. 🙏🏻 I always know what's coming in the subordinate…
Tempus newspaper analysis?
Hey people, This is a question for grammar nerds. I've always considered myself one, but right now I'm so confused… It's about my master's thesis. Some chapters consist of newspaper analyses. In theory, I'm perfectly clear about which tense should be used when: To summarize and analyze the content of articles, you use the present…
Active passive control?
I would be happy if someone could check if this is correct: 1) better: Active .., by which chess masters and rulers were defeated. Solution: The chess master and ruler defeated (him). 2) better: passive replacement form: man form …which is why people spoke of the "Chess Turk" back then. Solution: …which is why they…
Tenses in a scientific paper?
Hello, I'm about to submit my master's thesis, in which I conducted and described a piece of research. Now I'm very unsure about the tense in the methodology (sample, study implementation, description of the data collection, evaluation, and processing methods) and in the results (results and analysis). I'm used to using the present tense before…
Is it "it was considered first" or "is considered" for past things?
For example, if I want to say the sentence: "The museum is/was considered the first in the world." But if this museum is now closed or no longer exists, should it be called "gilt" or "galt" since it still has the status of the oldest in the world?
German tenses?
Hello, what is: …can be found… for a tense?