New posts in simple-past

We didn't know what to do, so we did nothing/ were doing nothing [closed]

tenses past-tense simple-past continuous-aspect

The habitual past "would" versus "simple past" tense

grammar grammaticality past-tense simple-past past-habitual

“Have you heard?” vs “Did you hear?” and “Sally broke/has broken her leg”

grammaticality present-perfect simple-past present-perfect-vs-simple-past

simple past or present perfect issue

grammar tenses past-tense present-perfect simple-past

Why do we say "It's time we ate" and not "It's time we eat"?

grammar future simple-past

Which is correct: "has died" or "died"?

grammaticality tenses present-perfect simple-past present-perfect-vs-simple-past