[Grammar] Student mixes tenses - How to correct?

[MikeNewYork]

Is that a profile option?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Is it possible to add a new option?

 

[Rover_KE]

There's no need for a new option.

emgee, if you are a qualified teacher with valid certification in your country of residence and have taught English, you can call yourself an English teacher for the purposes of these forums. You may subsequently resume teaching; people come out of retirement all the time.

If not, stick with 'retired'.

 

[engee30]

The situation with my certification and country of residence is a bit complicated. I am a certificated teacher of English but only in Poland. Now I live in the UK and I guess the paperwork I own wouldn't allow me to teach English here. For simplicity's sake, I think I'll stick with the term 'retired'.

 

[Matthew Wai]

John has been to Paris - I expect he'll come back next week.

I think it would make sense if 'to' was replaced with 'in', but I am not a teacher.

Now I live in the UK and I guess the paperwork I own wouldn't allow me to teach English here.

I am afraid that many qualified teachers in my nation including my sister are not considered qualified in yours.

 

[Rover_KE]

For simplicity's sake, I think I'll stick with the term 'retired'.

Fair enough, emgee. Keep up the good work.

I have to say that your answers are consistently of a good standard, unlike those of occasional responders who purport to be English teachers but whose credentials are distinctly suspect. Fortunately, such contributors don't last long.

 

[Tdol]

Is it possible to add a new option?

It is, but if we add every single possibility, it will get messy and complex. I'd like to keep the numbers down to something manageable.