By Spelling, Verbs

CalifJim wrote:I thought you were only looking for irregular verb forms.I am indeed looking for something like irregular verb forms. The comparison with bays, days, etc. is just a remark. But what is intriguing is that says is not an irregular verb. It is formed by just adding an s. It's...

Yoong Liat wrote: Liveinjapan wrote: The Earth is being harmed ,and this harms people as well. Is the first clause a passive form or 'being harmed' is a compliment of 'The Earth'? ThanksLiJ It should be 'complement'. Hi, Yoong Liat, Did you mean to correct the spelling of...

Hi, I have a question about clauses. Halema'uma where the legendary Pele, Hawaiian goddess of fire, is said to live. (relative clause, as it defines Halema'uma???)Yes, it's a relative clause that is adjectival. I assume you know that this whole utterance is not a proper sentence, as it lacks a...

Hi, here are some words whose definition i don't know. i searched for them but i couldn't find any meaning.i don't have the context right now and i know it may be difficult to explain. You probably couldn't find some of these words in your dictionary becaue you have spelling errors. My spelling...

Hi, You might like to look at a dictionary of etymology. eg despite 1297, from O.Fr. despit, from L. despectus "a looking down on," from despicere (see despise). The preposition (1593) is short for in despite of (1292), a loan-translation of Fr. en despit de "in contempt of." Almost became...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Think about the changes I have made. If you don't understand the change, please ask me about it. To begin with, always use a capital I when you talk about yourself. Spell English with a capital E. And check all your spelling in a dictionary. OK? I like to speak...

Dear all, All passages below are from “Crazy English” – by Richard Lederer, POCKET BOOKS. (I tried to find an Internet link, but failed. So please pardon me for the length of the text, which I believe would be very informative). “HETERONYMS – words with same spelling as other words but...

Jesper7589 wrote:Hallo everybody. I am going to hand over a delivery to my English teacher tomorrow morning. I were wondering if any of you would read the text in italics, and tell me if there are any grammar and/or spelling mistakes. And if your are real generous - give me a proposal of what...

In Italian:He is as poor as a church mouse >> He is poor in reed. (it's not a misspelling for "red" ... it's the plant! it doesn't make sense, does it?)When in Rome, do as the Romans do. >> Town where you go, tradition that you find. ( not only is it ungrammatical, it's also...

All the rules for adding S are the same for plurals as for third-person singular present tense verbs, including the words that end in y. That said, there are a few exceptions that you will encounter from time to time, for example, words that end in f or fe. There are so few that you can just...