By Debika Mukhopadhyay Roy Bennett, former member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe once said, “What’s done is done. What’s gone is gone…..” But that which is over is actually not over. Sometimes the bygone actions have a connection with the present also. In English this is called Present Perfect Tense. It is formed from the verb ‘have’ + past participle. Let us not confuse it with Simple Past Tense. An action which has occurred in the past is called Simple Past Tense. We have t...

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By Debika Mukhopadhyay  The old man is sitting on the bench. The old man is sitting in the bench. Nope, the old man is sitting at the bench. Sounds confusing, right? It should be “The old man is sitting on the bench.” While using these three prepositions, we often make a mess. Almost all of us are confused about the correct usage of ‘on’, ‘in’ and ‘at’. ‘In’, ‘on’ and ‘at’ are the three most important prepositions of English language. But where to put these? First ...

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