By Auxiliaries, Nouns

Using my favorite online reference, www.m-w.com: Main Entry: 2military Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural military also mil·i·tar·ies Date: 1709 1: military persons; especially : army officers THIS IS THE RESTRICTED VERSION - ARMY ONLY 2: armed forces THIS IS THE GENERAL VERSION...

 I think it's a big mistake because the verb after the auxiliary is in the past participle, it means that the auxiliary should be 'has'  (the verb 'to have' in the present) instead of 'is' (the verb 'to be'  in the present. its a common mistake and it's a...

John: subject (noun)tends to get hungry: predicatetends to get: head of the predicate (verb phrase)hungry: predicative, subjective complement or subject complement (adjective)Randolph Quirk considers "tend to" a semi-auxiliary verb. This would make "get" (a linking verb) the...

No. The verb to be may be used as an auxiliary. Then have you been needs to be followed by a verb in the past participle form.Have you been seen? / Have you been cheated? / Have you been heard? / Have you been paid?But the verb to be can also be used as the main verb. Then have you...

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...

You can use the full form, the 'pro' form, or just the pronoun. In the last case, note that isolated subject pronouns after than are often expressed as object pronouns in informal situations. The 'pro' form is the echo of the operator (modal or auxiliary) -- do if the first...

I agree with your analysis regarding the character of the two dictionaries. If change equal degradation, English was ruined hundreds of years ago. There are countless examples of that: the use of the auxiliary do in questions and negations, the use of s as a nearly universal plural ending, the...

a. 'To leave" is not used as a noun, though it's an infinitive verb. It comes after the partial auxiliary "want". b. Correct. Morning is a noun, used as an adjective. c. Correct. d. "To avoid" is an infinitive used as an adverb. I hope that helps.

. In(prep) the (article-- a kind of adjective) marshy(adj) mists(noun) of(prep) a (article-- a kind of adjective) deserted (adjective--it modifies 'churchyard') village(adj) churchyard(noun), a (adj) shivering(adj), limping(adj) convict(noun) on (prep) the (adj) run (noun) ...

Do existed in Old English more than a thousand years ago as a regular verb and meant to cause. It is impossible to say who introduced it to English. It's use as an auxiliary in questions and negations was established in Shakespeare's day when it was correct to say bothI know not himandI...