By English grammar, Verbs

Hi MrPNow that I look at the original poster's sentences again with more time at my disposal, I realise that it's the past participle been that I don't like. My ear tells me it's the wrong verb:'If the storm is moving as quickly as the meteorologists say, it should have been here by now.'I think...

Although I'm a native English speaker, I've often struggled to understand English grammar, especially its morphosyntatical elements. I've done some reading on nominative-accusative as well as ergative-absolutive cases and I just don't get it. Can someone who's better at linguistics explain this...

I always thought it was a remnant of the French (Norman Invasion, 1066). There is a handful of verbs in French conjugated with "to be" rather than "to have" in the passé composé (past) tense. Rise, born, arrive, leave, go (all "coming and going" verbs) are some examples. We also sing "He is...

Althought www.m-w.com lists practise as a variation for practice, in the U.S., we really use only pratice. I'll wait for a user from another country to come by to confirm that the -ice is the noun and -ise is the verb, as with advice and advise. (I'd say pratice in, not practice on.) Or Mary's...

Central Park, which has some good jogging trails, is beautiful and green.Central Park, where you can jog around the trails, is beautiful and green.Where and which both introduce the relative clause. Where and which both refer back to the subject of the sentence "Central Park". In English...

Mmm... I truly think that all this "languages' difficulties" deppend mainly about three things: - First; your mother language. Mine is Spanish, and I'm fluent in French, Italian and Portuguese (and also English... at least, I do my best...), and all of them belong to the same family, so, the...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:I am stu.id "The book (which is) being on the table" is not possible -- being is redundant The book (which is) on the table is mine. The book on the table is mine. OK.Hi InchoActually whether the main verb of the relative clause can be used in a continuous tense or...

With the verbs suppose, imagine and expect we can make negative forms in two ways: subject + verb + not // subject + do not + verb + so I suppose not. // I don't suppose so. I imagine not. // I don't imagine so. I expect not. // I don't expect so. The Heinemann English Grammar Grammars...

Anonymous, you can post questions here when you come across English words or phrases that you don't understand, or when you have questions about English grammar. You can use the search feature and look for topics that you have questions about, like verb agreement, or conditionals, or pronouns, or...

Hi, I need to write a sentence in the following pattern, and I don't see how it's possible. The pattern is: adjective + direct object + helping verb + subject + verb No articles allowed? So, something like 'Great strength did he use'. This kind of odd word order seems very literary or...