} R J Valentine (Email Removed) wrote on 10 Nov 2003: } }> On 10 Nov 2003 06:41:41 GMT CyberCypher }> }> } R J Valentine (Email Removed) wrote on 10 Nov 2003: }> } }> }> }> } What's the right way to say this and why: }>

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

I didn't HAVE a crush on anybody. To make a sentence negative in the simple past, you need to have the auxiliary in the simple past and the verb in the infinitive without to. The positive would be: I had a crush on him.

could you please tell me the defferance bettween simple past and past perfect and how i can use them?

When people (usually Americans) say "I got it" (e.g. if ... got it"? I know I am, when I say it. No, Americans say "I got it," with the past tense of "get", and Brits say "I've got it," with the ...

As I said in my other posts, Americans use the simple past in places that Brits don't. I think you need to broaden your mind to accept this and not see it as some sort of deviant behavior. The batter hits a high fly ball to left center field.

No, and that's a rather easy one to demonstrate. In ... sure. I might say either, but under slightly different circumstances. Sorry about that - my fault, I read it but forgot to reply. I would normally say "I've eaten there

When people (usually Americans) say "I got it" (e.g. if they are playing a game and collect an essential power-up), ... people say "I got it", are they actually thinking "I've got it"? I know I am, when I say it.

Just a quick question relating to your grammar. Wouldn't it ... never hear of her, myself." if yousee what I mean. Well, that "did never" is a distracting complication. I don't knowwhat "I did never hear of her"

It also says, it possibly came from a jocular allusion to character actress Gertrude Berg, noted for calling "Yoo-hoo." I never heard of her, myself. Just a quick question relating to your grammar. Wouldn't it be more correct to use