(Correct) I have to leave a note for Julius since he hadn’t arrived before I left. (Wrong) Apart from affirming that two things happened in the past, the past perfect tense also shows the order ...

He thought we had met before, but I was quite sure ... might / could in the earlier examples, the past perfect used in direct speech cannot move one tense further back in indirect speech: 'If ...

A recent episode of The Big Bang Theory shows Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, and Howard watching Back to the Future, Part II and discussing the appropriate tense ... to you in the past before you avoided ...

Have you ever felt that English could use a couple more tenses to truly capture the nuances of the past, present, and future? We’re inviting you on an exploration of languages that have taken ...