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Hi Michael, I'm afraid we don't usually use 'have + not' in modern English. As you know, in the present simple tense we make the negative of 'be' by adding 'not' after the verb and we negative of other verbs by putting 'do not' or 'does not' before the verb. In the recent past, we could negate...

Your first source says that already usually expresses surprise; it doesn't say it always expresses surprise. In my opinion, even saying it usually expresses surprise seems to be going too far. I'd say that already sometimes expresses surprise. Your second source says that already may...

Barb, we use 'yet' quite often with the simple past tense -- in interrogative and negative sentences. Have you forgotten sentences such as "Jeet yet?" (Did you eat yet?)

As a stand-alone sentence, "would" is for the past.Actually, to split hairs, it's "would not" that's for the past. It gives the sense of "refused to". My parents wouldn't allow me to go to the party. Without the not (n't), I don't get the sense that it's a past tense. My parents would...

I needn't have gone to work (was unnecessary, still I did)I did not need to go to work (was unnecessary, not inferable if I did) -- These are different because you have set them in different tenses. The appropriate comparison is between I needn't go to work and I did not need to go to work--...

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance.

Anonymous wrote:Hi, everybody I have few questions. -If I have a belt for pants do I say : "I botton my belt" or I buckle my belt?Belts usually have buckles rather than buttons, so you would normally buckle your belt. -Look at these sentences: Do you know how much a ticket concert the...

Loojka wrote:Both can be correct, depending on what you're trying to say.I would give anything that she 'asked' me to. - I would give anything that she wanted me to.I would give anything if she asked me to. (condition emphasized) I would not give anything, unless she asked me to.This explanation...

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...