A concept of time

Russell Dawson wrote:
<<I get numerous requests from ESL students for ideas about how to improve their conversational English and it has been helpful to be able to refer them to that article.>>

My reply:
If your topic is conversation, how do you know we people here cannot speak well? My goodness, do you know it is a discussion forum?

I am afraid you have voiced yourself too arrogant. If you are English native speakers yourself, can you tell us why all English grammars will avoid to talk about the Past Family as pointed out in the following link (2.4 Forbidden grammar: the Past Family)?
http://www.englishtense.com/newapproach/2_4.htm

Do you have an idea to help us to use Present Perfect tense?

In the past, so many English native speakers in discussion have talked to me: "Believe me, I am an English native speaker." As the internet epoch evolves, few of them can embrace that advantage anymore, because now there is an umpire, the searching engine, between you and me. Try to add "internet" to your web page. Today, internet is an important tool to learn English.

please explain to me agreement in these sentences:
she felt someone touch her shoulder.
the saw the hotel collapse in the middle of the night.
my question is why the second subjects some one and the hotel must followed by verb1( touch and collapse) not in verb2. thanks very much

I am afraid I don't know what is "verb2".

What kind of a time will you call "since 2000"?
Is it past time, or present time?

Also, I want to know how other languages see it.
Is it past time, or present time?

«What kind of a time will you call "since 2000"?
Is it past time, or present time?»

First of all, it is a time period, not a time moment. Do you get it?

rose: I don't know. I have remembered this as a special construction.

I saw hiw enter the building,
I heard Fats Domino sing "Ain't that a shame",
and so on.

Is it a past time period, or present, or future?

«Is it a past time period, or present, or future?»

With the reservation that it includes Now, it can be called a past period of time.

A present period of time is that which has Now inside itself (not at an end).

What kind of a time will you call "since 2000"?
Is it past time, or present time?

Also, I want to know how other languages see it.
Is it past time, or present time?

Waht is this: "With the reservation that it includes Now, it can be called a past period of time."?

Past is everything before Now. That time period consists of the past and Now.

Engtense, I don't know where you get the idea that "since 2000" doesn't fit into the English tense system, or, even more ridiculous, that there is some sort of conspiracy among grammar publications to deny this.

"I've worked here since 2000"
"Since 2000, I've been working here"

This is clearly a past formation in English. In French however, this would be in the present:

"Je travaille ici depuis 2000"

What about "I've bought two cars since 2000"? Does French say it in the present also?

<<What about "I've bought two cars since 2000"? Does French say it in the present also?>>

No this is in the past in French:

"J'ai acheté deux voitures depuis 2000."

Notice that the first is a single continuous action extending up to now, so it is in the present, whereas the second is a serious of actions occuring before now so it is in the past.

Josh Lalonde wrote:
<<I don't know where you get the idea that "since 2000" doesn't fit into the English tense system>>

My reply:
I am afraid I don't have such idea. Where did I say that? I just asked about 'Since 2000' – does it fit in with whether past, present, or future? How would you link my question to such an idea?

Ant_222 didn't know what Since 2000 is, so he murmured:
<<With the reservation that it includes Now, it can be called a past period of time.
A present period of time is that which has Now inside itself (not at an end).>>
Do you know what he wanted to say? Did he want to say past, present, or future? Or did he want to say 'since 2000' doesn't fit into the English tense system?