Talk:Simple present
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Moving to simple present
[edit]- Present simple → Simple present — This page should be called simple present, but because there is already a redirect page called present simple, I am unable to move it. — Île_flottante~Floating island Talk 01:17, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
- I disagree with this assessment. Both terms are acceptable, but "present simple" is the more commonly used. Compare the following Google hits:
- simple present (NOT present simple) = 181,000 hits
- present simple (NOT simple present) = 1,150,000 hits
- simple present (NOT present simple) on U.S. university websites = 11,300 hits
- present simple (NOT simple present) on U.S. university websites = 25,800 hits
- I disagree with this assessment. Both terms are acceptable, but "present simple" is the more commonly used. Compare the following Google hits:
- While Google hits are by no means definitive, I think these figures (from both popular and academic sources) give enough support to keep the page where it is. —Zach425 talk/contribs 05:07, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
- If you look at a grammar, for example "A practical English grammar", ISBN: 978-0-19-431342-1, the tern simple present is used.--Île_flottante~Floating island Talk 13:56, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
A missed topic
[edit]Explainings about the simple present's rules are missed עברית (talk) 18:01, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
To have
[edit]Why isn't there anything about that verb, I would add it. But I don't know where. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sir10Shawn (talk • contribs) 17:32, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
more citations needed
[edit]This articles needs in my opinion more citations. 181.41.0.147 (talk) 18:56, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
Copy edit tag removal
[edit]I believe we can remove the copy edit tag from this article, but I'd like another GOCE member to review it first. Arcade Ganon (talk) 19:57, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, I was going to come over here to say the same thing. I'm going to remove it for now, if anyone thinks that's inappropriate feel free to revert it. 267 04:02, 11 September 2023 (UTC)