Yes I do remember the ' do ' is an auxiliary verb attached to the verb ' remember '. You can say it is part of the verb So we treat ' do remember ' as verb then And the use of ' do ' also gives emphasis on ' remember '.

1) According to a recent survey, WERE a majority of ... why WERE followed by an infinitive TO LOSE are used? It's a rearranged conditional statement: If a majority of telecommuters were to lose their jobs, they would look for other

'did' is not needed in the second question because 'what' is the subject of the quesiton. When a 'question word' - what / who etc. is the subject of a question, then no auxiliary verb is used in the present or past. Look at these examples: John

You can. You just need another auxiliary verb to go with the progressive future tense: "I will be swimming." "I will be going to the pool tomorrow." Cheers John.

Could someone please help a layman with these two grammar ... the seaside', but how can I explain why it's wrong? First, "might" is a modal auxiliary here and "to" never follows a modal auxiliary. Second, the grammar of

lee (Email Removed) wrote on 22 Nov 2003: Could someone please help a layman with these two grammar issues that a foreign friend has asked me about: "After ... know that the above should read, 'I might go to the seaside', but how can

*Merriam-Webster's Collegiate,* 11th ed., shows the "best" in "had best" and the "better" in "had better" as having developed into verbal auxiliaries: But they don't list the negative

*Merriam-Webster's Collegiate,* 11th ed., shows the "best" in "had best" and the "better" in "had better" as having developed into verbal auxiliaries: But they don't list the negative

(snip further comments) Latin used "be" (sum, esse, fui, futurus) as an auxiliary, but only for the combination of the passive voice in the perfect tenses; (snip examples) The German perfect constructions are different. A perfect like

"Had"? I have always thought that"would" is the missing one. Definitely "had". It's a hard construction to explain. Let me just paste some 19th century examples from the 543 hits ... both the young gentlemen's