Take your time

[Guest]

Hi Alan
Many great thanks for the newsletter you've sent to me, it's really helpful. I liked the name of "umbrella tense", it's very funny.

[Zhannat Tutbayeva]

A great story and a fresh view on Tenses!!!!
TNX!!!!
shmily?

[Martin.]

Dear Alan,

You are a great guy! You are my "umbrella". The way you have just explained tenses is very helpful to teachers of English like me.
Congratulations.

Kind regards,
Martin

[gurvinder kaur.]

Hello
Thank you for your message.you have given new examples. How many times i will read it, every time i will get some new.
Yours sincerely
gurvinder kaur

[Galiya.]

Hello, Alan.

Thank you very much for your newsletter. I really admire your explanation of interrupted and 'umbrella' tenses. I believe my English will become more vivid and accurate.
Yours sincerely,
Galiya

[Alnarjesi]

thank you very much about your information.
you are extream. ofcurse my english is very poor and i couldn't understand evrythings . when i started your essay to read, before that i wanted to called my wife i forgote that because your essay was very intresting.
anyway you put very time for me and i know :you are very gntelman.
have a good time.and very very very much thanks.
your student in evry brunch
ehsan

[Guest]

Hello Alan,
Thank you so very much for sending me your newsleter. It is really so very interestinng and helpful. The way you explained the tenses is easy to understand. I have learnt all the basic tenses in English. However, they confuse me sometimes. I really appreciate for your explaination. I am looking forward to receiving another one.
sincerely yours,
phuong

[Guest]

Hi, Torsten
thank you very much for your time and golden opportunity you gave to all esl learners all around the globe.

[Guest]

Hello, Torsten!

Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it!

Phong

[Guest]

Hello Sir,

I am pooja from india.Your topic very usful for me sir, I am also know to how can increase my vocablary .I read here but i am learn its meaning also in hindi.

Thanks

[Rajeswari]

Hello Alan
Thank you very much for your newsletter. They are very interesting and is helping me to learn new vocabulary. I would be very happy if you could add a few exercises (in the conversation part) which will be of great help to speed up learning spoken English for non-native English speakers.
Rajeswari

[natali_ru]

Dear Alan and Torsten

Thank you for such an interesting letter. I read it with pleasure, and learnt sth new for me. Following your link I looked it up in Google - why 'Time and tide wait for no man.' I wondered why 'time' comes along with 'tide'. And I found that "Tide didn't refer to the contemporary meaning of the word, i.e. the rising and falling of the sea, but to a period of time. When this phrase was coined tide meant a season, or a time, or a while." How interesting it is - the changes a word can undergo!You can find this explanation here. By the way, I failed to find a proper definition for 'tarrieth'.
As to the English tenses, I really like them all! I find all of them , as you says,"so versatile, all embracing and intelligent"'.Often you don'r need any other words in the sentence to make the situation clear. If I say "I've fed my cat" it means that she is not hungry now and you shouldn't give her more, otherwise she may vomit! As to me, I like cats!
Tnanks a lot again.
Cheerio!

[Guest]

dear Alan
,thanks for the lessons.they are so useful for me as I have so many doubts regarding English grammar.

[Guest]

what does " umbrella tense" mean?
a bit enigmatic!

[Alan]

Not too enigmatic I hope! The idea is that an umbrella can encompass several 'times'.

Alan
_________________
English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story A Rhapsody of Words