Sentence examples similar to grasp of tense from inspiring English sources

His grasp of tenses is muddled, but his comprehension seems razor-sharp.

Nothing really brings home the fact that our public schools have failed these kids more than this realization: children of peasant-farmers from the backwaters of the Hunan province, who've lived in America for three months, have a better grasp of verb tenses than many American-born and raised high school graduates from the five boroughs.

A sequence-of-tenses problem.

After the past-tense "said," sequence-of-tense rules require "had been continuing" or "was continuing".

Weeks of tense wrangling followed.

After two days of tense politicking, Vice Pres.

It's also tense — the kind of tense that can be genuinely physically exhausting.

The treatment includes gentle physical touching of tense muscles as well as – the interpersonal interaction.

Use of tense became less complicated and less subtle in meaning.

Psychology is always part of tense negotiations.

There was a moment of tense silence.