In Auxiliaries^x, Tenses^x

Thank you very much. As for number 7: I was thinking of sentences like "If you will pardon me for saying so, it's... (it'll be...)" I suppose that "will" is not the auxiliary verb here, but means "are willing to, want to" or something like that; so, it doesn't seem to be a true exception....

Thank you, CalifJim, for your very clear and very useful explanations. 1. I agree with you, and I don't like the oversimplified, formalistic way of expressing grammar rules, as: "Never use... after...": as you said, "never" is a strong word! Teachers sometimes seem to think that, if they...

Hi, Miriam! Thanks so much for your reply. Of course I'm still interested! 1. Sometimes when examples are given, certain forms begin to sound more acceptable. Strangely enough, only your example with "wish" still seems weird to me! The other two don't really sound that formal to me. I can...

Hello again, Lupa Sorry I couldn't come back online earlier. I found out later that the problem was my phone line, not my poor server. It seems to have been fixed now. Going back to your question, I'm not sure what your teacher was referring to when they asked about "verb + participle" and...

Hello, Shiv The only wrong construction is sentence #1. "Went" is the past tense of "to go", and the past tense doesn't -as a norm- use an auxiliary verb in affirmative statements. And, in any case, the auxiliary of the past simple is "did": "He went out a while ago." "He didn't go out a...

Hi, Does + Subject + root verb ..? Yes, a1) is present tense. It usually describes a accepted fact or habitual behavior. The verb that follows an auxiliary must be a root verb. So it is wrong to generate a question like 'Does she has(incorrect) a sense of humor?' Instead, you should say 'Does...

Thank you again for your quoting. I want to learn English and I could not often find helping people like you. I had some problems with my computer (I'll never understand computers). Well, if you don't mind I've got some questions. -don't they?- for example at the end of a sentence has the same...

They are not equal. "I go to swim" or "I go to hike" seems to indicate that you are now leaving to do those activities, and, if that is the case, would probably be best is used in the present progressive: "I am going to swim" or "I am going to hike" (however, note that these sound more like...

Hello, Pastel "I won't do the homework like the way he did." This sentence can be improved. Actually, it is not completely correct. You could say, for example: "I won't do my homework like he did (his)." "I won't do my homework in the same way he did (his). You said: ==>'did' is not...

Hello, Pastel "I won't make such a huge mistake as he did." This is a grammatically correct sentence. It is true we say "make" a mistake, not "do" a mistake. But "did" is not used as a main verb in your example; it is used as the auxiliary of the past tense. This device, by which you can...