Dec 5, 2020should i use most simple or simplest to indicate something cannot be more simple? If simplest - how is that pronounced? May 25, 2024as ever, my advice for learners is to stick with the simplest verb form that works.
Jan 19, 2018i think that's the simplest way to describe the difference between these two words that you can possibly come up with. Jan 8, 2023present = simplest = best, though, imho. But note that syntactically speaking, if doesn't is changed to past tense didn't then we should also change present perfect has been to simple past.
Apr 27, 2021as i understand it, past simple (the second sentence) is possible here only as the simplest version of present perfect (the third sentence), isn't it? Feb 11, 2025if i ask my kid to open the window, i'd be likely to say "i had my kid open the window." "i had the window opened" sounds a bit like royalty, who have even the simplest tasks delegated to. Apr 28, 2023in the simplest cases, a coordinated subject such as "john and i" or "brother and sister" takes a plural verb, which makes them joint operators of the action:
Sep 17, 2023well, i can read this aloud in japanese which is very simple - イーのエックス乗 括弧 ルート 括弧 コサインエックス 括弧閉じる 足す 一 引く エックスの四乗 括弧閉じる. Jun 16, 2020idiomatically, "i'd rather stay home than go to the concert" (using the "unmarked infinitives" stay and go) seems the simplest and most natural form for op's context.
