Hi, It's not an auxiliary. It's the main verb. I wouldn't describe 'be' as an ordinary verb. It's quite irregular, as I'm sure you realize. Best wishes, Clive I appreciate your reply. But it's considered as an

Hi, can I say: I am having a party tommorow, are you coming? or I need to say "will you come?" because will is for spontaneous decision and Present Progressive is for action already arranged for the near future. Will you come? - I'm

can I say: I am having a party tommorow, are you coming? or I need to say "will you come?" because will is for spontaneous decision and Present Progressive is for action already arranged for the near future.

When members of the Winnebago tribe sit around a fire and hear a chant of how the world was created or when early Japanese heared a chant about formation of Heaven and Hell - they are listening to a narrative. This pattern: When ... ..., . is a

I think facebook has increased the 'popularity' of forcing a present progressive verb into a sentence that then scans poorly. This is because for at least a year the status box pre-filled "NAME IS:" so if people wanted to express

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"Inadequacy" is the subject of your sentence, but there's no verb. Everything you've written describes what kind of inadequacy you're talking about, but you don't say what it does or what it is. An example of an action

If we were to recognise "she will eat" as a future tense, then we might just as well recognise "he may eat", "she is eating", "he is going to eat" and other combinations as future tenses. Do you agree? He

Hi, Can we use the past progressive and present progressive tenses like this? 1. (present progressive) John is at home. He is playing the piano. (Then), he sees a bird flying over the roof of a little hut outside. 2. Does it always to be in the

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