Terminology varies a little from country to country and ven from grammarian to grammarian. My opinion: Are gerunds verbs? No, but a gerund can take an object and may occur in the passive voice like a verb. I consider a gerund neither a verb nor a

Hello; the following text was taken from a grammar book, and i can't see the point the author wanted to convey. "Other uses of the progressive aspect It may be used especially following the auxiliary will or shall with the special

Hi, I have difficulty in understanding verb usage(two verbs given and go in same sentence) in below sentence and also please tell me the parts of speech in the sentence. You need articles as shown. Effective and substantial critiques

Might is always considered a modal in English. However, and that is why I think yours is a good question, in other languages, such as my own – which is Dutch – we do in fact add an adverb to the verb phrase of the sentence. In the end, the

Your question is far too general for this forum. Start by reading about modal auxiliary verbs HERE and HERE . Then, if you have any specific questions, we will try to answer them.

'Can' is not polite except with family or close friends. 'Would' is quite polite in all situations.

what is the differences of can and would as a modal auxiliary which have a fuction as a polite request?

It is advisable to learn the various ways of using the modal auxiliaries without thinking of grammatical moods at the same time. These auxiliaries lack forms ( must has only one form, for example) and the potential mood, as it exists in some

hello can i used the modal auxiliaries in the other grammatical moods (conditional,pottential,subjunctive,..) beside the master mood the indicative mood. thank.