By English grammar, Verbs

As isn't incorrect in this context. In fact British grammarians in particular have long preferred it to like in written English although even in Britain like is probably more common in spoken English. The following extract is from a book entitled A Practical English Grammar for Foreign Students...

This is a pretty standard style, basic-level test, Blue Clown. Most of it is quite natural, though #18 is odd and #19 contains an odd pronoun (these don't affect the answers, however). Part IV, I imagine, is quite difficult, as it requires open choices from the student's vocabulary. Part VI...

Also from Jespersen, historical examples of cases where back-shifting hasn't been applied: -------------- Finally, I give some examples in which the tense has not been adjusted to that of the chief {main - M. Hancu} verb: Shakespeare: I should be still Plucking the grasse to know where...

(sorry to repeat the post from another thread; I feel it's quite an important matter) Indeed, MrPedantic. Wrt #2: From the best authority, back-shifting (from present to past) in the subordinate isn't mandatory: ------ Finally, I give some examples in which the tense...

From the best authority, back-shifting (from present to past) in the subordinate isn't mandatory: ------ Finally, I give some examples in which the tense has not been adjusted to that of the chief - I asked the guard what time the train usually starts. Otto Jespersen, Modern English...

Soylista wrote:I am confused with this expression, "will be going to + Vb". eg. I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow.To me, this expression is sort of redundant. Why do you need to use both "will" and "be+going to"? I somewhat understand the differences between future meaning...

I have desperately been looking for a good book on grammar. I don not mean the practical grammar in use, but a book on grammar as an element of the linguistic system. It should contain topics like: syntactic units syntactic relations syntactic functions verb phrases morphological...

The various forms of phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive, separable or inseparable. The object or accusative can in the cases of separable phrasal verbs be placed before or after the particle. With inseparable phrases, the object/accusative is fixed and its position...

As I understand, causative verbs in English are bid, have, let and make. Other verbs, even though their meanings are something like 'cause', are treated as causative verbs. Evern the verb 'cause' is not a causative verb, nor is force. I guess the "SOV+bare infinitive" pattern can be a measure...

Paco, you point is well taken. If I may say this, in forums like this one, we can only provide examples to show the learners how certain constructs are formed and verbs are used. Theory works to a certain extent. The only way the learners can firm up their knowledge is still by reading and...