Could someone please check I have the right terminology for these words I will list first the terminology I have to use, then I will write the words and the terminology I think it is in red next to each word. Most of them are simple enough but

English presents a number of issues to non-native (and sometimes native) speakers. It is grammatically unlike other languages, even those from which it has borrowed large vocabulary groups, and possesses a number of irregularities. Understanding

CalifJim , Thank you for your very helpful answer! It provides a nice and very useful recipe for forming a question which rests on a gappy statement! And it definitely helped me a lot in further clarifying my question and to reframe it in your

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

Dear friend, 'should go' is a single verb phrase containing a modal auxiliary verb should . This operator is more specifically known as a central modal , because it shares all the features pertaining to modal auxiliary verbs. 'need to

This sentence looks wrong to me...Please help and tell me why! They have appeared on message boards and in blogs, and spread by word of mouth. Hello Yes, you are correct in thinking that something is wrong with that

sentence number one "who broke the window" contains a primary form of a verb, the preterite "broke". The second sentence contains a secondary form, the past participle "broken", plus the auxiliary "have".

Hi, I have an issue with that word. Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling "auxilary" even in proof-read texts. Can you tell me the difference please? Is it an obsolete variant or just a

Hello! I have an issue with that word. Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling "auxilary" even in proof-read texts. Can you tell me the difference please? Is it an obsolete variant or just a

I wish... happened now is not correct. You can say It would be nice if ... happened now or I hope ... happens now or I wish ... would happen now. However, I wish... happened refers to something in the past, not "now" or in the