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Don't get your knickers in a twist, Jim. I'll expand on this and provide examples shortly. How much clearer could a sentence possibly be? It worked !! >> Okay, away we go. Each modal presented giving examples operating in a, 1. PAST, then 2. PRESENT, then 3. FUTURE Might...

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: MAY: AUXILIARY VERB: Inflected forms: Past tense might 1. To be allowed or permitted to: May I take a swim? Yes, you may. 2. Used to indicate a certain measure of likelihood or possibility: It may rain this afternoon. 3. Used...

It's impossible to count all verbs, it would be a kind of "Sisyphos"- work: There are thousands of words that can be formed every day as well as words that die out, too. You can make up verbs, or words in general, easily and use them for what you need them - some verbs are quite resistent, some...

1) 'beat' is fine in that context. It's the past tense of BEAT. 2a) 'in every 5 seconds' should be 'every five seconds'. 2b) 'every second' means, every single second/each second. 3) I'd need more context, sorry. 4) 'had lost' tells us that event happened first, before 'had to ad lib'. The...

Hello Hanuman (1) She has been reading. has: auxiliary verb ("helping" verb in your term) been : main verb reading : present participle. (2) She is reading. Change the tense (2) to present perfect tense, then you'll get (1). paco

Hello Troy 1. I was passing by, and noticed your post. 2. I shall try to comply with Nona's request, though I too am no grammarian. 3. I shall also try to add a little to Roadrunner's and Paco's replies. 4. Luckily everyone else has gone out for the evening, 5. leaving me alone to...

TO QUOTE CALIFORNIA JIM: 'There is more than one difference between the simple past and the present perfect. The simplest difference is the grammatical difference that the simple past can be used with expressions which signify a definite, particular time in the past. I wrote a letter...

Hello, Mr Pedantic. May I call you Mr P? Of course you may, JTT. {Please don't ever take my direct manner in these discussions as any type of personal attack. I only want to address the facts. If I believe you or anyone to be in err, I'll plainly say so and I hope you and others...

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...

Here's a start: When using the present tense (with 'to have' as the main verb), or the present perfect tense (with 'to have' as the auxiliary verb), 'has' is used only in the third person singular-- that is, when the subject is a single entity that is not you or I: he, she, it, John, the...