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MrPedantic In Swedish the auxiliary should be there when writing the past perfect Jag har ätit lunch I have eaten taken my lunch Jag hade ätit lunch när I had eaten taken my lunch when The English word when translates to the Swedish as när The English word have equals to har in Swedish The...

The clause highlighted in your sentence is a non finite clause a reduced relative clause that s why you get the feeling that something is missing Something is actually missing the subject of the clause who and the auxiliary verb to be So your guess was right the finite version of that clause is...

Anonymous wrote Cool Breeze wrote The Future Tense should not be used to refer to habitual action Take my word for it in my opinion I ll is devoid of will for habit in the sentence we re discussing Your two assertions in the above don t mean the same IMO while you re wrong on the first one you...

I think if you put more easily at the end of the sentence it would be easier to understand They help students to recognize and to correct their own errors more easily I don t think you need the to For your other question I would keep both have s because they are different the first one indicates...

CalifJim wrote Welcome to English Forums This is the going to of motion not the going to of the future Here are sentences which use both I am going to go shopping going of the future go of motion I am going to be going now going of the future going of motion I am going to be going to New York...

Gazapo wrote There is nothing wrong with the way it is but there are better ways to say it such as I am going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow But in your sentence I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow will be going your action what to visit your purpose why Hi Gazapo Thank you for your reply...

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 expressions be going to...

Most grammars at least the ones I have list had better as a modal idiom and offer no etymology Fowler s Modern English Usage says The word had in this phrase is not the mere auxiliary of mood or tense but a true verb meaning find You had better do it You would find to do it better

Goodman wrote Rish What I tried to say was most of the English volunteers on this forum know their subject and can explain questions without having the needs of going to Google or dictionary which are good sourcs of information for learning But if someone constantly relies on Goggle and...

Rish What I tried to say was most of the English volunteers on this forum know their subject and can explain questions without having the needs of going to Google or dictionary which are good sourcs of information for learning But if someone constantly relies on Goggle and Dictionary to retrieve...