Using past tense when referencing a still-true fact
11264
"He didn't know where New Jersey was"
116763
Is the usage of tenses correct in this sentence - "two days had passed since she had last eaten or slept"
1645
Present Simple or Present Continuous with "these days"
10566
Differences in meaning when the verb tense changes (headlines)
152081
Using the present tense for future event?
8497
When is the past perfect exactly needed?
93683
Using Past Simple (verb to be) for Unreal (Counterfactual) Past Situations
3233
When to use the present or the past perfect tense?
122234
How to choose tenses in story telling?
12310
When is the present perfect tense used instead of the past tense?
55521
Mixing tenses in past tense fiction
16625
"... that had stopped half an hour ago" VS " ... that had stopped half an hour before/earlier"
122876
Simple past tense vs. perfect past tense
129248
In the tense of present perfect, Are 'recent past' and 'hot news' the same?
45224
Inversion + past tense
80718
"last year" vs. "the last / whole of the last year" vs. "whole the last year"
156031
When a sentence includes a word like 'today' that indicates present time, can a past form of verb be used?