I hope you don't mind if I make a suggestion. The conversation wasn't spoken entirely in full sentences (of course, that's how all native speakers speak), but I think it'd be clearer for English learners if you wrote the omitted words in brackets.

Ex. "Not so great" could be the answer to "How are you?", "How are you doing?", "How have you been?" etc. I think it'd be clearer to see what tense was used if you wrote "(I am) not so great.--Simple Present".

Here are a few that I noticed:

"Why (is that)."

"(I am) not so great."

"(That was a) good try."

"(Are) you sure?"

"(I will) see you there."

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for reading and commenting on this article. BUT I DIDN'T WRITE IT! I don't remember writing it.  This is not the kind of article I write--I don't write on grammar--and only write general articles (on no specific language) but ones that address general language learning.  This article has somehow been attributed to me, but I didn't write it. Sorry for the misunderstanding (????)

Hi.
Nice article, though it's almost 4 years passed since you wrote it. But it doesn't have an expiration date.

What I would like to comment on - I couldn't find any Past Perfect use in your Conversation Example, although you mentioned that it was used there. Could you point me out to the line where it was used?

Thank you in advance. I hope you're an italki user still and will be able to reply.

Best regards,

Valeriy

Gianmaria--thanks so much...but you ROCK even more!

Ilene: your American teacher in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico!

I love your learning articles! :) Good job! You rock! ;)