In Simple present^x, Auxiliaries^x

When he returns to Manhattan 1000 years later it has been destroyed and rebuilt three times 2 What

Hi milky. (Have you given up our discussion on modal auxiliaries?) Tense is used for more than just time I think it's a good point. Quine once said: Our ordinary language shows a tiresome bias in its treatment of time. Relations of date are exalted grammatically (..). This bias is of...

Hello Vincent The correct sentences are: 1. Is this correct? 2. Is the above attachment the right file? Here, you are using the verb 'to be' as your main verb. However, if you want to ask a question in the simple present with another (non-modal) verb, you can use 'to do' as an auxiliary: 3....

I suppose the distinction is between those tenses which are 'simple' (i.e. have distinct forms – simple past and simple present) and those that are compound (i.e. are formed with auxiliary verbs – all the other 'tenses'). MrP

Hey Blitz 1. 'only ur kiss is worth the whole planet for me' Yes, that would be fine. (Cf Othello, talking about Desdemona: 'If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and perfect chrysolite, I'd not have sold her for it.') 2. I'm not sure of the context here, but 'does that...

Hello, Martita. I'm Argentinian too, and I've seen that most beginners have the same problem, not only with "have" but with any verb, in general, in the simple present. It usually takes some time for them to get used to the idea that an auxiliary verb is needed. There is something in your post...

Of course I don't mind your asking I don't know what your first language is, but in my country, Spanish speakers find it difficult too to understand that the "s" is necessary to form the simple present of a verb for the 3rd. person singular. The reason is that we associate the addition of an "s"...

Auxiliary verbs are "be, have, will" because those are the ones which are needed to built up all the tenses except simple present and simple past: I HAVE seen a rainbow. I WAS writing a letter. I WILL go to Brussels tomorrow. I HAVE BEEN watching a movie. also passive: A letter WAS BEING...