Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

Hi. Welcome to English Forums. "Also" can't be the answer because it is used after auxiliary verb Not always, but it's not suitable in the given sentence. n addition" can't be the answer,either.Because after "in

Hi, I have difficulty in understanding verb usage(two verbs given and go in same sentence) in below sentence and also please tell me the parts of speech in the sentence. You need articles as shown. Effective and substantial critiques

Hello Ericsson, and welcome to English Forums. Yes, you can use 'have' as both a main verb and an auxiliary verb: I have had lunch. I have eaten lunch.

Thanks for replying AlpeccaStars and Clive. AlpheccaStars, just wondering, which defintion does this usage of 'would' fall into? Is it the second one? Thank you again. (M-W) 1 a archaic : WISHED, DESIRED b archaic : wish for : WANT c (1)

Had better is a solid expression which used to give advice You had better leave now, otherwise we are late on the bus. (If we don't hurry, we will be late). You had better check e-mail or you can miss the job you want. John'd better shut

I read through the posts and I didn't see a single one with "rules governing the use of" those words. Here I posted some rules I myself created that has helped me. To have is a verb meaning to possess. (I have a car. He has a car.

Matthew Huntbach (Email Removed): I introduced it, and I am from Sussex, not Yorkshire. "By then" indicating a point in time, followed by "would" and the present tense Grammatically, the part following the `would' (a modal

I don't know about the "most popular verb" business: "have" is used more often, since it can function as an auxiliary verb (the use of "be" as an auxiliary is encountered more rarely). ** that's interesting, i

(snip) After I returned from Vietnam in 1970 and set up housekeeping on Treasure Island (then and now part of San ... at the time. I lived in and visited San Francisco at various times 1963-1971 and I witnessed the cultural, s (snip) Another