2012年3月30日 · I arrived in the bus through an open window just before the bus entered a tunnel that could have blown off some part of my body (after I had kicked several guys off the roof) B Senior Member

2021年12月27日 · Hello everyone, Is either "arrived" or "had arrived" correct in the following sentence? Before yesterday, we arrived/had arrived there. I think the correct one is "arrived" and it should be "The day before yesterday" not "Before yesterday". Best regards, Joseph

2007年5月13日 · In English, the past simple is "the man came". So the question is then why do we say "The clothing has arrived" rather than "the clothing arrived" (the man came)? Because we are interested in the present result of a past action - the clothing is here now, and that is what we are interested in. It has arrived = it is here.

2017年5月7日 · Hello, I have difficulties understanding the difference in use of these four tenses when it comes to arriving or departing to/from places. For instance, I arrive at the main station tomorrow morning I am arriving at the airport next Saturday I …

2010年11月1日 · English speakers a couple of centuries ago might say 'You are arrived'. This is now archaic. See, for example, this sentence from Jane Austen's Persuasion (1818):

2011年5月5日 · What's the meaning difference between these two statements: When i arrived, he had just arrived. When i arrived, he was just arrived. The first uses the past perfect and the second one simple past. So, are they both correct? Either in …

2016年4月14日 · Hi, Myridon and Packard, so you have no problems with "Your money has / your funds have arrived at our bank." I had the question, because most of the time "arrive" is for people; I am not sure whether "money" can "arrive" at our bank or my account. Thank you.

2017年7月8日 · I would use your sentence (2), with "arrived". You are reporting indirectly a past speech event something like "I want her to come see me as soon as she arrives." Both of those verbs in boldface should be changed to the past tense.

2008年8月23日 · He deliberately omitted telling her he’d left Helmsdale in disgrace; that he’d arrived off the Inverness train in a drab tweed jacket, slicked-down red hair, carrying a cheap set of suitcases and an inferiority complex the size of Loch Naver; that he’d been prickly, querulous and easily offended.

2018年4月3日 · 1. When he arrived at the office, the meeting had begun. (The meeting started before he arrived) 2. When he had arrived at the office, the meeting began. (The meeting waited for him, then started with him in it) AE speakers usually include a word that makes the different meanings clearer: 1a. When he arrived at the office, the meeting had ...