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Re: HISTORY OF ENGLISH HELP!!!

are. What has happened to them in Modern English? There was no future tense in Old English even though the predecessor of will was sometimes used to indicate future action. Its meaning was "to want, to desire" and will has mostly lost this meaning. It is still present in some contexts,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 3 days ago 8:55 am Verbs Tenses Auxiliaries Present tenses Past perfect Present perfect History of English
Re: Need help over here.

1. Well, "had" is the past tense of the verb "have", but I think you're asking specifically about its use as an auxiliary to form the past perfect tense of other verbs: I played -- simple past tense I have played -- present perfect tense I had played -- past perfect (or...

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Mr Wordy 86 days ago Verbs Past perfect Tenses Past tenses Auxiliaries Present perfect Present tenses Football Simple past
Re: my cellphone had no power already??

By "true" I think you mean "correct"? True is the opposite of false, but doesn't apply to grammar. Only you can tell if your cell phone has no power, which would make the statement true. As far as correct goes, you could say "My cellphone has no power...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Spides 205 days ago Grammar Verbs Tenses Auxiliaries Past perfect Present perfect
Re: question formula

Hi NaderI'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. Has he talking? is wrong. You could say: Has he been talking?If you are asking whether a have or has question can always be formed by changing the word order, the answer is no. It is safer to use do in the present tense:Does he have...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 290 days ago Tenses Auxiliaries Word order Present tenses Past perfect
Re: also has / has also

Vincent Teo wrote:Thanks your reply. My friends said, we must use "has also", but not "also has". Does he correct?Is he correct? I already gave you the correct answer, VT. If have, has or had is the only verb, also is before it:I also have news for you.He also has a new car.They also had...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 298 days ago Verbs Clauses Auxiliaries Past perfect
Re: 'never had' or 'had never'

Hi, Which of the following is correct? and why? "I am sure you never had heard this before." or "I am sure you had never heard this before." You can say either, but #2 is much more common. It's idiomatic, ie we like to say it that way. Also, consider what happens when you repllace 'never'...

ESL Basic English Grammar Questions and Help by Clive 321 days ago Adverbs Verbs Past perfect Auxiliaries
Re: did vs be in questions?

Do is not used:1. With be (except imperatives):Were you late?Is he walking now?But: Don't be a fool!2. With the defective auxiliaries (can, could; will, would, shall, should; may, might, must; ought):Can he swim?Will they come as well?Would you have said that?3. With have, has, had when they are...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 323 days ago American English Verbs Clauses Nouns Pronouns Auxiliaries Past perfect

Re: Analysing grammer structures

She used to have long hair. Form: used to + base form of verb Function: Expresses past habits and states that are no longer true in the present Phonology: The final 'd' in 'used' is elided.The 'o' in 'to' is often pronounced in its weak form and can sound...

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Hi, Please take a look at the sentence below and tell me why the past perfect is used? Is it used since the fact contain within there is relevant to the present situation? I am used to seeing the present perfect being used in the main clause and it seems a little foreign to see it in a auxiliary...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 1 yr 33 days ago Clauses Auxiliaries Past perfect Present perfect
Re: Presenting grammatical structures

Peaceblinkfriend wrote:Hi,If I hadn't passed my exam, I wouldn't have gone to Cancun. = This is a conditional clause and in this instance, it is being used to talk about something that might have happened in the past, but did not in fact happen. In this sort of conditional clause, you use the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 89 days ago Tenses Clauses Auxiliaries Past perfect Modals Conditionals Modal auxiliaries