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I actually think that political correctness may be more rampant in California than in other parts of the country. In the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live, what used to be righteous liberalism has turned into a sort of Democratic passivity. That is, don't say anyting to rock the boat. Stay within...

I teach adult-ed ESL in California at the advanced level. Somewhere in the course of the year, I usually include a small lesson (about one hour) about all the dirty words in English. Yes, all of them. My rationale is that these are words or phrases which they may encounter every day, and which they ...

As to your second question, the sentence "Whenever I visited India I always preferred to eat the food cooked by street vendors" works best with the past tense because it has no reference to the present. The writer of the sentence doesn't plan to visit India anymore, or at least doesn't indicate so.

You were on the right track. "Until" and "before" are used in the negative, as in "I've never had sushi until now." You are correct that this is more often an indicator for the past perfect.

Most present perfect statements include a time frame during which an activity occurrred more than once. The words "since," "before," and "until" are good indicators that the present perfect is the appropriate tense. Likewise, adverbs of frequency are good tipoffs, as they show how many times the sai...

Very good explanation, Roger. i appreciate the input.

Yes, that makes more sense--that the subject and verb are implied. (I) (give you) thanks for the input.

In the sentence "Thanks for doing that," is "Thanks" a verb, and "doing" a gerund? It seems obvious that it is so, but I have found no explanation for the word "thanks" as a verb. Does it imply "I thank you"?

Thanks