By Verbs, Speaking English

Hello Khoff I think it is quite useful to have a talk with you about this matter. We ESL students learn English mostly through books written by linguistic scholars and 'understand' English in a way somehow similar to the way we learn mathematics. We learn English sentences mostly in written...

There are advantages. The sentences above are probably what you want. "to can" is impossible. Modal verbs are defective verbs in that they have no infinitive forms. I didn't understand exactly what you wanted to say in the second part of your post. CJ

I would have thought that put the "quit" on the wrong side of "not only." Surely it should be "she quit not only speaking English but also the habits she acquired ..." Only if there's a second verb would you put "quit" after "not only" -- as in "she not only quit speaking English but began...

Sorry. It should have been: She not only quit speaking English , but also the habits she had picked up in the U.S. So, is it acceptable for a transitive verb to have both a gerund and a noun as its object in the same sentence?

Hello Julie I'm an English learner from Japan. One problem of our kids here is that they are not taught much about the grammar of Japanese, though they are forced to learn English grammar rather intensively. As the consequence, they tend to parse Japanese sentences by using the concepts of...

In several American movies I've heard (perhaps I've misunderstood) expressions like "She don't know", "He don't live here". The contexts were quite familiar or informal. I know this must be speaking English, but I would like to know what you think about this. I think it's wonderful. No doubt if...

to David Thanks for your answer as well. I am from Spain "a way of speaking English which is understood by all is what we should all be aiming at" Unfortunately, it may be quite difficult. Other than each English speaking country has their own English - American English, British English,...

Hi Robin and Rogue. Robin, I do apologize, but I think this thread is heading away from your spirit/soul question. I do recommend that you repost the question in its own thread, and then hopefully someone who actually KNOWS THE ANSWER might reply. Rogue, no I wasn't making any kind of atheist...

I would like to get the necessary information that answer the following questions: Who conquered England between 1050 and 1080 ac? ********* The Normans. They came from France. Which language did the conquerors speak? ********* French Who was the main person responsible in developing the...

Let's first compare "would" to "could" in questions. "Could" means do you have the ability, whereas "would" means do you have the willingness: "Would you help me?" vs. "Could you help me?" We often use could to mean willingness as well, but it really should be "would." Now let's try some...