Pleasehelp: Many usage experts explain that "public" takes a singular verb in American English; a plural verb in British English. You will also notice this with other words, such as "government."

To be honest, I was among the learners who were taught the word "auxiliary" which are used interchangeably with "modal". If this is not messy enough, some books / references even called them "helping verbs".

Hi pleasehelp In your sentence, "have been" is what is known as a perfect infinitive . There are some other threads here that discuss perfect infinitives. Here are a few of them:

Why is have left unchanged? He, she, it is still requires the singular verb which is doesn't.

Pleasehelp, I replied your other posts regarding the use of modals. Again, Whenever you see the following modals /helping verbs used, even in their negative form, you will find the adjacent verb remain in its basic form. i.e. He must understand

Do you understand what a verb is? Do you understand what a verb phrase is? Are you looking for verb phrases, or phrasal verbs? In any case, we don't do homework assignments, so you need to try to write them yourself first. Then

ability and skill (which are human/animal characteristics) My Am. Htg. seems to share your view on "ability," but in this age of "artificial intelligence," new abilities seem to be cropping up. And wouldn't it be okay to

with regards to snow falling and Mister Micawber's response. You wrote 2 is more likely than 3 but how ability and skill (which are human/animal characteristics) refer to snow?? Sunday roast. Look at the context. It is quite clear

Clarencetsang: If you have decided that you wish to start your sentence with "My favorite food...," you have two options: (1) You may follow the "rule" -- "food" is singular. So use the singular verb (My favorite food

Please tell me if I have done it correctly? I have to answer the following questions: 1. (i) What is the difference in meaning between the following sentences? (ii) Identify the grammatical structure underlined in each sentence