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Hello, I'm a foreigner studying english and I have some question about the use of preposition.I saw the name of one book (if memory serve me right, it's cambridge press's book) and I don't understand its structure so I need some advice.The name is "In at the deep". It's very short, isn't it ?But...

Hi Manicku 1) Other than the fact that one is the simple present tense and the other is present continuous tense, the main difference to me is that "I'm looking forward to" sounds a little friendlier and "I look forward to" sounds a little more formal. 2) The phrasal verb "look...

A: We are going to the club, would you care to join us? B: I have an important project to present tomorrow –this sentence set up an “obligated” tone but does not have the equal function as “have to” or “must”. “Have” to me is simply a verb meaning to” possess” or “own”. I have a boat...

Thank you. I tend to think the "to be" verb form to be something that represent the state of being and when verbs involve/note some sort of activity, I usually get them right but once in a while, a thing or two play tricks on me and get me dithering between choices like the second set below. ...

a phrasal verb in the perfect tense You got it. CJ

'To pick up' is the verb, and it is put in present perfect tense. To pick up smell means to catch a whiff of something. Incho

The sentence in question is the following: After an hour, though, the only scents that you have picked up are the sweet, sappy smells of freshly broken branches Is the verb "have picked up" or is it just "have" If it is "have picked up", I guess it would be a phrasal verb in the perfect tense?

Ant_222 wrote:«You have been on missions where you have had to jump out of a helicopter into icy water to perform the rescue.» Is this sentence ok¿ Shouldn't the second «have had» be changed to «had»?This is optional, but only when: --- Tense simplification in subordinate...

In #1, the verb is in the passive voice, the past perfect tense. In the active voice, it would be The gas explosion had blown out all the shop's windows. Blown out is a phrasal verb; had been blown out is a verb with auxiliaries.In #2, had is the (whole) verb and blown out is a past participle...

MrPedantic wrote: Milky wrote: The use of "up" in such expressions commonly expresses perfectivity (i.e. completion, totality.). Interesting. How does that work with "open up"? MrP I suppose that would depend on what the speaker means by "open up". Some commentators have noticed that...