By Adverbs, Modal verbs

I don't understand what you are asking."Maybe" is an adverb, while "may be" is the modal verb "may" followed by the verb "to be".

This is Rotter again. Cool Breeze, I am delighted when you pointed out my mistakes. I want you and all the others to point out each and every mistake I make here.However, I can't understand the mistake I made here.May is an auxiliary verb.1. Cool Breeze may have been to Sweden. Cool Breeze...

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...

CalifJim wrote: The examples in that other thread had no modal verbs, but the examples you just gave here do. I wonder if that has something to do with it. Uh, probably! That could be an important factor... In some sentences those adverbs seem to be more acceptable than in others, and the...

Argh! The adverb question again! Have you gone through this one yet? Post:258302 Here's a new take on the subject. If it doesn't appeal to you, toss it in the trash! Safe and typical practice: Use contracted forms wherever possible. Then place the adverb of frequency after the...

Alienvoord, I appreciate you're constructive criticism. Allow me to rebute:1) Comprehensible, yes. But many expressions are comprehensible even without being gramatically sound. The nuances I try to reveal in this post are to help you write better gramatically, not to sound or to write...

I have to hand in the reports tomorrow. Could you please run a quick check through them? Thanks loads!!! A: When asked to make a sentence with When J~ , J will ~, Harry sometimes gets confused with the order of two events happening and forgets to add s after verbs when they are placed...

"a" is more common but "b" is not so bad."Both" in attributive uses commonly behaves like a middle-positional adverb in its position.The middle-positional adverbs are positioned like:(1) When the main verb is not "be" and the main stands as a finite (=tense/person bearing) verb, the adverbs are...

Yipes! My mistake-- confused by my own language! I thought we were discussing present tenses, and I thought read was pronounced /ri/ in your question. OK, in addition to my previous post; I will start...

Hello K.O. That looks good - here's a little more detail: Clause 1 We - subject were spared - passive voice, past tense the storm's fury - noun phrase, object (the storm's - possessive; fury - direct object) Clause 2 but - coordinating conjunction now - adverb are having - modal verb,...