The New York Times: Rod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92
Rod Paige, Education Secretary Who Defended ‘No Child Left Behind,’ Dies at 92
" I left two comments on the page yesterday " suggests you put the comments there for somebody else to see, so this implies that someone --maybe the listener-- should read and address them. In contrast, " make a comment " is a simple statement about something you did, and has no other implied meaning on its own.
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In what preposition should I use when referring to a picture / photo description or a person who's located in / on one of its sides. She is in the left side of the picture Or She is on the l...
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Users discuss issues with Google Chrome search results shifting to the left and seek solutions on the Google Search support forum.
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The past perfect "had gone home" establishes the temporal relationship of everyone else's departure to your own. They left before you did. It doesn't matter whether you say "when I left" or "when I was leaving". From the past continuous "was leaving", one might—might—infer that you noticed as you were leaving that they had already gone. The past continuous there wants some explanation for ...
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