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Anonymous wrote: WHICH SENTENCE IS CORRECT DID YOU FLY IN? OR DID YOU FLEW IN? When you use an auxiliary verb in the simple past tense, that is in negatives and questions, you better use bare infinitive.

Hi, Could you help me to distinguish (what is the difference between these...?) these two confused sentences? Before you do, please explain clearly. Thank you. 1. I did play. 2. I played. Both are OK, although you would usually say #2 instead of #1. Various tenses involve both...

MrPedantic wrote: On reflection, there is a possible ambiguity, which the past tense brings out a little better than the present: 1. I went fishing along the Thames. — gerund; = I went on a fishing trip along the Thames. 2. I went fishing along the Thames. — participle; = I...

Kilimanjaro wrote: Hello Cool Breeze, This sentence is taken from Michael SWAN's Practical English Usage. He says "might" can be used in such contexts Hi Kilimanjaro Yes, I know it's from that book. You mentioned it in a previous post. I didn't say it was right or wrong in my opinion. I...

Let's not forget that much formality in English is not based on word meanings. We also create fomality by using the past tense of verbs and what are traditionally called the past tense of modal auxiliaries.

Cocoon wrote: yes,this is clear, but I mean if the first part is in the past. is perf. inf obligatory? He will have read that book by tomorrow afternoon. this is not perfect infinitive!!! this is future perfect tense means that something will be completed until/at some time point in...

Every main verb in English Language has six different forms. But the verb be has eight different forms, and therefore it is know as the unique verb of English language. The eight forms are: be, is, am, are, was, were, being, been. It is used both as an auxiliary and as a main verb. As an...

Yoong Liat wrote: What is be ? Is it simple Present tense form, Past Participle or what? According to the Collins Cobuild English Usage, be is the most common verb in English. It is used in many different ways. The present tense forms of 'be' are am, are and is , and the past tense...

What is be ? Is it simple Present tense form, Past Participle or what? According to the Collins Cobuild English Usage, be is the most common verb in English. It is used in many different ways. The present tense forms of 'be' are am, are and is , and the past tense forms are was and were ....

Could is the past tense of can . These two words are among the many that form a class of MAV modal auxiliary verbs called the ‘pure’modals. AV’s (Auxiliary verbs) are helping verbs that help the main verbs to convey additional information. MAV’s are a type of AV. MAV’s help to convey shades...