Regarding the April 27 Bilingual page article, "Stop worrying and embrace the passive tense": Sorry to nitpick, but I think someone writing a column on language is obliged to be careful about ...

The grammatical category of tense in English is a bipolar relation based on the feature [±Past]. [+Past] (the so-called present tense) refers to any eventuality that occurs before the speech event ...

Active to Passive Voice Rules & Examples: Understanding active and passive voice is a key step in mastering English grammar, especially for students aiming to improve their writing and communication ...

In the news, I heard a reporter from BBC World talking about the casualties of a blast. "Two have been killed and twenty were injured," he said. My question is: is it possible to use two different ...

One "rule" that many self-appointed experts on writing return to again and again is: "Don't use the passive!" Or, as some puckishly put it, "The passive voice should be avoided." The passive voice is ...

Combining have been and were in this way is perfectly acceptable here, Umed. Often, in language use, deciding whether to use the present perfect or the past simple depends on your perspective on the ...