When I inquired "what is that?" I was told, "go and find out for yourself."

They contacted the station staff but the man had left the area and gone out through the ticket barrier.

Me, I'll make it to the class reunion no matter what I have to leave undone.

So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.

Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense.

"Past tense" is used in connection with actions in the past.

It's a troll trying for click-throughs. It's being multiposted in English-related communities all over the place.

This e-zine is for those who, unswayed by the cajolery of the modern language industry, firmly trust that the traditional learning method of grammatical analysis is the way to go.

We use "present tense" for this kind of case.

Oh boy ... when they hang out with you for long, everyone ends up picking up your bad habits.