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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Auxiliaries' matching tag 'Auxiliaries'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aAuxiliaries</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Auxiliaries' matching tag 'Auxiliaries'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3615.39139)</generator><item><title>Re: Making a question without auxiliary verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MakingQuestionWithoutAuxiliary-Verb/lpqxc/post.htm#997403</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:51:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:997403</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>Is an auxiliary verb needed in those sentences?  if If not, why? No, because you can&amp;#39;t invert  and {verb}. You can&amp;#39;t invert because the  question word  is in the  of the sentence. (If you inverted, the question word would no longer be first, and you have to keep the question word first, so you can&amp;#39;t invert.)       {has} a larger surface ...?     {goes} ...?   Adding the auxiliary verb do is only needed when you invert subject and verb.   CJ</description></item><item><title>Re: Making a question without auxiliary verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MakingQuestionWithoutAuxiliary-Verb/lpqxc/post.htm#997307</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:12:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:997307</guid><dc:creator>dimsumexpress</dc:creator><description>What  does  have a larger surface than all the dry land on earth? 
 How much water  does  go directly back into the sea? 
  
  
 This is my approach and grammatical opinion: 
 This particular context of your sentence doesn&amp;#39;t needs an aux. verb. If fact, it sounds heavy with it. 
  
 It&amp;#39;s would sound better: 
 Which ocean has the surface area larger than all the lands combined ? 
  
 No need to say &amp;quot;dry lands&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;on earth&amp;quot; in this context as &amp;quot;lands&amp;quot; are already understood above water and &amp;quot;on earth&amp;quot;. 
  
 Most of the water goes back  to the ocean  
  
 Let&amp;#39;s see how the experts see it.</description></item><item><title>Making a question without auxiliary verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MakingQuestionWithoutAuxiliary-Verb/lpqxc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:54:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:997290</guid><dc:creator>penicillin</dc:creator><description>Hello I just read these sentences: The pacific ocean has a larger surface than all the dry land on earth.  Most of the water goes directly back into the sea.   And I want to make a question for them. Which ones are correct: What does have a larger surface than all the dry land on earth? How much water does go directly back into the sea? OR What has a larger surface than all the dry land on earth? How much water goes directly back into the sea?   Is auxiliary verb needed in those sentences? if not, why?   Many Thanks</description></item><item><title>Re: Could anybody correct the sentence for me?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldAnybodyCorrectSentence/lphjv/post.htm#994675</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:45:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994675</guid><dc:creator>john claset</dc:creator><description>v This is a noun , but it is being used as an explanation   Congratulating / Congratulations for you on this happy day.      ^ this is a preasent progressive verb a big no no when talking to someone about them    When congratulating a person, tell them &amp;quot;Congratulations&amp;quot; (you are giving them congratulations.)   change the word &amp;quot;for&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;to&amp;quot;  Congratulations  for | to | you on this happy day.     --    Now for the main sentence.    --  &lt;/span</description></item><item><title>Re: Ran or run</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RanOrRun/lpbrn/post.htm#992783</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:48:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:992783</guid><dc:creator>cool breeze</dc:creator><description>Neither sentence is correct. Not is in the wrong place. I should not have  r u n is right. Should is a defective auxiliary and thus an infinitive must be used after it. There are two infinitives in the active voice and another two in the passive. They are called (at least in this part of the world) the present infinitive and the perfect infinitive. The perfect infinitive usually refers to the past, to things that have already accurred.   It is formed by adding a past participle after have:   have seen, have gone, have needed, have run    The past participle of run is run, not ran, which is the past tense: He ran away.   CB</description></item><item><title>Re: WAAS .. tricky acronym</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WaasTrickyAcronym/lxxql/post.htm#992268</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:36:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:992268</guid><dc:creator>gleb_chebrikoff</dc:creator><description>Hello, Vladimir,   this combination has not yet been codified in major pronunciation dictionaries, perhaps due to the narrowness of its use outside technical areas; therefore, we should resort to analogy.   Thus, acronyms of a similar type (featuring consonant + vowel + vowel + consonant ), including WAAC and WAAF, are pronounced as follows:   WAAC ( Women&amp;#39;s Army Auxiliary Corps) -    WAAF ( Women&amp;#39;s Auxiliary Air Force) -  ,   from which it stems that a possible pronunciation of the combination in question is  , although it is still unclear whether this term has transcended the boundaries of a mere abbreviation and become a real acronym.   Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff</description></item><item><title>TERMINOLOGY</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Terminology/lxkmp/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:990622</guid><dc:creator>yaggy74</dc:creator><description>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 there are one or two I am struggling with. I have 4 short sentences below. Many thanks for your help and assistance it is much appreciated. 
  
 1. Adjectives 
 2. Adverbs 
 3. Auxiliary verbs 
 4. Cardinal numbers 
 5. Conjunctions 
 6. Definate article 
 7. Indefinate article 
 8. Main verbs 
 9. Concrete nouns 
 10. Prepositions 
 11. Pronouns 
 12. Proper nouns 
  
 When - (conjunction) the - (definate article) phone - (proper noun ) rang, - (main verb)   
  I - (pronoun) was -...</description></item><item><title>Re: English tenses</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishTenses/lgmrc/post.htm#990412</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:990412</guid><dc:creator>snowman73</dc:creator><description>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 these features of English may help the non-native speaker grasp the language and help native speakers see why learning English can be so difficult. 
 
  1.           One problem with learning English is that is not directly related to many languages. The two closest are Scots and Frisian, but even these are not, for the most part, mutually intelligible with English. One of the things that makes learning a new language easier is already speaking a related language, and very few people speak...</description></item><item><title>Re: Questions about the past, with and w/o did-construction</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionsAboutPastConstruction/lkmkx/post.htm#972766</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:37:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:972766</guid><dc:creator>theraja</dc:creator><description>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 terms!    Problems  unsolved :  I am not sure as to how your account answers the questions I was asking. If you have read the thread, as I suppose you have, you will have noticed that I was initially puzzled by the fact that in cases where no particular emphasis is being expressed, we say   &amp;quot;Who went to the park?&amp;quot;   rather than   &amp;quot;Who did go to the park?&amp;quot;   In thinking about it, with the help of Avangi and Gleb, I also wondered about what device it is that marks something as...</description></item><item><title>Re: The use of 'did' in inversion questions and question-word questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheInversionQuestionsQuestionWord-Questions/lkxxv/post.htm#972387</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:33:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:972387</guid><dc:creator>cool breeze</dc:creator><description>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 presnt tense, in other words, the finite verb:  Have you money?  This usage seems to be slowly disappearing and is seldom used these days, especially in AmE. It&amp;#39;s far more common to say: Have you got money? / Do you have money?   If have does not mean &amp;quot;to possess&amp;quot;,  do/does/did  must always be used:  Did you have your house painted?  Why does he have to go there?   4. If an interrogative pronoun is the subject or a part of the subject of a clause, do/does/did is not used:  What...</description></item><item><title>Re: Grammar</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/lkgcl/post.htm#969693</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:23:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969693</guid><dc:creator>gleb_chebrikoff</dc:creator><description>Dear friend,  &amp;#39;should go&amp;#39; 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.  &amp;#39;need to see...&amp;#39; consists of two verb phrases - need + to see... Your question concerns the fact that some grammarians express uncertainty as to whether need is a lexical or auxiliary verb. In fact, it is now recognised that it is a verb of intermediate function - it may be termed a marginal modal . Indeed, need occurs in modal constructions, but they are restricted to nonassertive contexts, ie negative and interrogative clauses . In your case, we deal with a positive clause. Respectfully, Gleb...</description></item><item><title>Re: Grammar</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/lkgcl/post.htm#969667</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:01:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969667</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
  
 In the sentence: I really should go home to my wife, but I need to see the deviltry! Question: Is &amp;#39;should&amp;#39; a helping verb to &amp;#39;go&amp;#39;? &amp;#39;Should&amp;#39; is a modal auxiliary verb 
   
 and Is &amp;#39;need&amp;#39; a helping verb to the infinitive &amp;#39;to see.&amp;#39;? &amp;#39;Need&amp;#39; is a main verb. (eg you could just as easily follow it with a noun, like &amp;#39;I need a look at the deviltry. &amp;#39;  
   
  &amp;#39;Deviltry&amp;#39; is a very uncommon word. It&amp;#39;s not completely clear to me what you mean by it. I suggest you try to find another word. 
   
 Best wishes, Clive</description></item><item><title>Re: HELP!!! independent clauses connected with ,and</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/HelpIndependentClausesConnected-And/lkdpm/post.htm#969609</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:969609</guid><dc:creator>billj</dc:creator><description>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. This is the reason: 
   
 The verb ‘ have appeared’ in the first clause is in the perfect aspect, but the tense of the verb ‘spread’ in the second clause is uncertain , which is why you can sense that something is wrong. The writer may have intended it all to be in the perfect aspect in which case ‘spread’ is a participle, requiring its own auxiliary verb (like ‘ have ’) to complete the tense:  
   
    ‘They have  appeared (perfect) on message boards and in blogs, and  have...</description></item><item><title>Re: Grammar Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarQuestions/lwghn/post.htm#959946</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:49:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959946</guid><dc:creator>dimsumexpress</dc:creator><description>Hello everyone, 
   I wish it would stop raining   – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund  
  
  
 Hi, 
 You are almost perfect! The &amp;quot; I wish + I would / could &amp;quot; construction is one type of conditional sentence that describes conditions of non-factual or imaginary natures. 
  
 I wish I could have graduated from college a few years earlier..</description></item><item><title>Grammar Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarQuestions/lwghn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:41:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959901</guid><dc:creator>emma_09</dc:creator><description>Hello everyone, 
  
 Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i&amp;#39;m on the right tracks? I&amp;#39;m looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! 
  
 With many thanks!! 
    
  Fiona is very sociable - Present simple to describe a friends character/ Subject + be in present + adverb + adjective (adjective phrase)  
    
  I wish it would stop raining   – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund  
    
  Fadouma has worked here for 2 years – present perfect to describe something that began in the past and continues now. Subject + have (3rd...</description></item><item><title>Re: I'm yours by Jason Mraz</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ImYoursByJasonMraz/lhgdn/post.htm#954945</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:36:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:954945</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>It seems to me that I read somewhere that the use of done as an auxiliary is a borrowing from Black English. It is dialectal. Substitute has or have for the standard version.   1. you done have done me 2. before the cool done has run out   1. suggests &amp;quot;You have betrayed me&amp;quot;, from the expression &amp;quot;done me wrong&amp;quot;.  2. suggests &amp;quot;before I stop behaving rationally&amp;quot;, from the expression &amp;quot;cool-headed&amp;quot;.   CJ</description></item><item><title>Re: Questions mainly on past perfect tense uses</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionsMainlyPastPerfectTense-Uses/lhgvg/post.htm#954941</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:24:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:954941</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>1. There is no objection to the use of time words with the past perfect tense. The objection is when these words are used with the present perfect tense. You may, however, if you wish, replace &amp;quot;last week&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;the previous week&amp;quot;. Both are equally correct from the grammatical point of view.   2. The sentence is fine as it stands. The simple past forms of find and leave are indistinguishable from their past participles, so it&amp;#39;s impossible to say whether the writer intended the auxiliary had to apply to them or not. Nothing about the correctness of the sentence hinges on knowing this; it would be correct either way.   3.  would be is not wrong. It depends on what meaning you want to convey.    Because he hadn&amp;#39;t...</description></item><item><title>Re: Main Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MainVerbsAuxiliaryVerbs/lgxnn/post.htm#952515</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:59:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952515</guid><dc:creator>yankee</dc:creator><description>I have put all of the main verbs in blue  boldface  type in your sentences. The auxiliaries are in purple :     1. Chris  is  in Tokyo at the moment.  AUXILIARY    BE ( is ) = MAIN verb   
 2. Richard might  win  the tournament. MAIN = win,   AUXILIARY =   might   
 3. I should  speak  to Amy. MAIN = speak ,   AUXILIARY  = should &lt;span id=""</description></item><item><title>Main Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/MainVerbsAuxiliaryVerbs/lgxnn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:20:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:952489</guid><dc:creator>yaggy74</dc:creator><description>Hi There, 
  
 I am having trouble understanding Main verbs and Auxiliary verbs could someone please assist me. 
  
 If there is a modal verb before the main verb would I class this as a main verb? 
 I understand that the primary Auxiliary verbs are be, have, do 
  
 I have answered the questions as I understand it, however I understand if it is negative or a question it is Auxiliary but I am still not sure. 
 I would be most grateful if someone could check my answers and explain to me where I have gone wrong and why. Thank you for your time. 
  
 Please read the following sentences and decide which sentences include an Auxiliary verb, and which only have one main verb. 
   
 1. Chris is in Tokyo at the moment. AUXILIARY 
...</description></item><item><title>Re: Sentences with errors - Correct and explain</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentencesErrorsCorrectExplain/lgdlq/post.htm#949306</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:12:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:949306</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>May I comment on the first two: (1) When she leaved (the irregular past is &amp;quot;left&amp;quot; -- you have to memorize it), she did not thought twice (after an auxiliary verb such as &amp;quot;did,&amp;quot; you ALWAYS use the base form (infinitive without &amp;quot;to&amp;quot; -- think). (2) Tom SAID (past) to you yesterday: I have always loved Sue.&amp;quot; The next day, your sister asks: &amp;quot;What did (past) Tom say?&amp;quot; You reply, &amp;quot;He said (past) that he (Tom) had (change his present tense to past because you reporting what he SAID) always loved Sue. (P.S. Some native speakers do not follow these rules, but you are a learner. So you should try to follow them. Don&amp;#39;t be surprised if you hear a native speaker say: Tom says he has always loved...</description></item><item><title>Re: Some Questions about Modals</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutModals/lzvrn/post.htm#944878</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:52:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944878</guid><dc:creator>ihsuan</dc:creator><description>Many thanks for your reply and recommendation. It helps a lot.  
   
   
 Your list of auxiliaries seems all right, but I would not include used to . 
   
 
  I thought it’s just an idiom, but my grammar book and Longman dictionary tell me it’ is a modal. So I list it in...I will check it further.   Best wisher, Ihsuan</description></item><item><title>Re: Some Questions about Modals</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutModals/lzvrn/post.htm#944479</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:09:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944479</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>I find that have to is most often called a semi-modal . It has the effect of a modal like must , but is conjugated like an ordinary verb. ( has to, have to, had to, ... ) I would certainly not call it an auxiliary verb with an infinitive, though an infinitive certainly occurs in the pattern. _____   had better should be considered an idiom, in my opinion. _____   ought with an infinitive ( ought | to stay here ) is identical to ought to with a bare infinitive ( ought to | stay here ). The first interpretation is probably more accurate. _____   Your list of auxiliaries seems all right, but I would not include used to . _____   You might be interested in reading The English Verb , by F. R. Palmer. I think it would answer most of your...</description></item><item><title>Some Questions about Modals</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeQuestionsAboutModals/lzvrn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:50:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:944465</guid><dc:creator>ihsuan</dc:creator><description>Hi, I would like to ask some questions about modal auxiliary.  
    
  First, does HAVE TO belong to MODAL AUXILIARY?  
  I have visited some websites on this topic. (I also searched here for the keyword, but there are too many articles and thus I couldn&amp;#39;t read through them all.)  
  Some of them say it is a modal .  
   http://www.englishpage.com/modals/haveto.html   
    
  Some of them, however, say it is the auxiliary verb  HAVE combined with an infinitive.  
   http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm   
    
  Furthermore, some say it is even not an auxiliary, but a main verb with an infinitive.  
   http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modals-have-to-must-not-1.htm   
    
  I feel co</description></item><item><title>Re: Difference</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Difference/lvmzq/post.htm#941978</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:58:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:941978</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>This is too general a series of questions to deal with here. First, please read these excellent summaries of AUXILIARY VERBS and VERB TENSES .</description></item><item><title>Re: What tense is this sentence in?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatTenseIsThisSentenceIn/lvkpr/post.htm#941828</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:39:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:941828</guid><dc:creator>cool breeze</dc:creator><description>They had to have that specially made?  The sentence is in the past tense. Since English lacks verbs for situations in which person A does something for person B on person B&amp;#39;s request, a rather long and awkward structure is used instead: to have something done . Have is the finite verb, in other words, the verb that shows tense . The past participle has absolutely nothing to do with tense as it is always required regardless of the tense.   Other examples of the same structure in various tenses: Present tense: He has his house painted every five years.  Past tense: He had his house painted last week.  Present perfect: He has had his house painted twice.  Past perfect/Pluperfect: He had had his house painted needlessly.  Present...</description></item><item><title>Re: Present perfect tense</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectTense/lvwzx/post.htm#940927</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:38:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:940927</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>sentence number one &amp;quot;who broke the window&amp;quot; contains a primary form of a verb, the preterite &amp;quot;broke&amp;quot;. The second sentence contains a secondary form, the past participle &amp;quot;broken&amp;quot;, plus the auxiliary &amp;quot;have&amp;quot;.    Sentences that use the aux have and the past participle are normally considered to be &amp;quot;perfect&amp;quot;, which is a form of past tense, and the senteces that use only the preterite form of a verb are preterite.    I really don&amp;#39;t think there&amp;#39;s a difference in this case. I&amp;#39;m analysing this using &amp;quot;A Student&amp;#39;s Introduction to English Grammar&amp;quot; R. Huddleston and G Pullum.</description></item><item><title>Re: Auxiliary verbs and main verbs.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AuxiliaryVerbsMainVerbs/krrwb/post.htm#938902</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:48:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:938902</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>1.no 
 2. yes  
3. no 
 4.no 5.yes 6. no 7.no 8.no 9.no 10.no 11.no 12.no 13.no 14.no 15.no 16.no   no for no auxilliary and yes if you had used an auxilliary verb.</description></item><item><title>Re: Verb</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Verb/lddcl/post.htm#936185</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:27:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:936185</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>I don&amp;#39;t want to go to the game.    Your primary action verb is want.   Go is also an action verb as well.    Why don&amp;#39;t you like math?    Do is an auxiliary. No t is the negative and Lik e is the action verb.</description></item><item><title>Re: Should/might/could</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ShouldMightCould/lclnq/post.htm#931992</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:24:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:931992</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>Yes, in this utterance, the message is essentially the same. Relative anger would appear more in the speaker's face and tone of voice than it does in the auxiliary verb. #2 and #3 are more petulant than #1, which is more forthright in its complaint.</description></item><item><title>Re: Hi</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Hi/lbvcb/post.htm#924941</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:21:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924941</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Simply remember that you ALWAYS (no exceptions) use the base form (dictionary entry) after an auxiliary: DOES he HAVE it? No, he DOES not HAVE it. DID he HAVE it? No, he DID not HAVE it, etc. Therefore: DOES anyone HAVE a dollar? When people speak fast, they leave out the DOES: Anyone HAVE a dollar?</description></item><item><title>Re: Using of has, had, have, shuold</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UsingOfHasHadHaveShuold/lbbcp/post.htm#924022</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:44:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924022</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>If you are not sure, you may still be confused even with the best explanations. 
 But here are a few rules and examples: 
 1) Does he have a car? In question form, even 3rd still takes the bare infinitve form (have) because of the modal word &amp;quot;does&amp;quot;. 
 2) In statement or answer form: Yes he has a car. - present tense, 3rd person singular. 
 3) He had had a car until 2 months ago( past perfect). He wrecked it in an accident after he had a few drink. - simple past tense 
 4) He should stop driving drunk. all verbs should remain in bare infinitive form when preceeded by an auxiliary word regardless of polarity, i.e. may, can&amp;#39;t / can , should/ shouldn&amp;#39;t, will, and do etc. 
  
 You don&amp;#39;t have to go to the bank...</description></item><item><title>Re: Sentence structure</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceStructure/lrgll/post.htm#920888</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:23:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:920888</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>(1) Yes, it is the present perfect of an auxiliary: We SHOULD (aux.) + HAVE BEEN + there by now. (2) No, it is not called &amp;quot;perfect&amp;quot; by grammar books. (2) He + used (verb) + TO HAVE (infinitive) + crooked teeth. &amp;quot;To have&amp;quot; finishes the meaning of the verb (used). Grammarians call this the &amp;quot;complementary infinitive&amp;quot; because the infinitive complements (completes) the verb. It is another way to say &amp;quot;He once had crooked teeth.&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>Re: Auxiliary spelling</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AuxiliarySpelling/lrzwg/post.htm#920332</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:04:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:920332</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
 I have an issue with that word. Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling &amp;quot;auxilary&amp;quot; even in proof-read texts. Can you tell me the difference please? Is it an obsolete variant or just a mistake or maybe another word? 
 
  It just seems like a spelling mistake to me. 
   
 The root of the word is the Latin adjective &amp;#39;auxil i aris&amp;#39;, meaning &amp;#39;helping&amp;#39;, which suggests the &amp;#39;i&amp;#39; has always been present in the word. 
   
 Best wishes, Clive</description></item><item><title>Auxiliary spelling</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AuxiliarySpelling/lrzwg/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:53:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:920318</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hello! 
 I have an issue with that word. Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling &amp;quot;auxilary&amp;quot; even in proof-read texts. Can you tell me the difference please? Is it an obsolete variant or just a mistake or maybe another word?</description></item><item><title>Re: Infinitive</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Infinitive/lrdmc/post.htm#919902</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:32:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:919902</guid><dc:creator>liveinjapan</dc:creator><description>Formatting...enhances more than adds ..      It may be more an effect of the do auxiliary.     Thanks, Mr M.   What you mean above is that the following interpretation is also possible, right?   Formatting... does (enhance or something) more than (it does) add ...   If so, which interpretation to take will be a matter of personal choice , right?</description></item><item><title>Re: Infinitive</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Infinitive/lrdmc/post.htm#919890</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:16:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:919890</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>I will still agree with you, though I have an uncomfortable feeling that we may be missing something.   Here, we have:    Formatting...does more than add.... = Formatting does more than that .  (noun object)      But compare:    Formatting...enhances more than adds ....      It may be more an effect of the do auxiliary.  .</description></item><item><title>Re: verbs</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Verbs/kqrkx/post.htm#914243</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:59:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:914243</guid><dc:creator>cool breeze</dc:creator><description>Terminology varies a little from country to country and ven from grammarian to grammarian. My opinion:   Are gerunds verbs?  No, but a gerund can take an object and may occur in the passive voice like a verb. I consider a gerund neither a verb nor a noun but a little bit of both.   are infinitives verbs?  Yes.   &amp;#39; She is swimming&amp;#39; are both &amp;#39;is&amp;#39; and &amp;#39;swimming&amp;#39; the verb or only &amp;#39;is&amp;#39;?  Both are verbs. Swimming is a present participle.   &amp;#39;That could be fun&amp;#39; are the verbs &amp;#39;could&amp;#39; and &amp;#39;be&amp;#39;, or just &amp;#39;be&amp;#39;?  Both a verbs. Could is a defective auxiliary (also known as a modal auxiliary) and be is a present infinitive. All infinitives are verb forms.   Can you have multiple verbs...</description></item><item><title>Re: Doubt</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Doubt/kxlpb/post.htm#908397</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:47:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:908397</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>This is too vague and general a question to deal with here, sorry. Start by reading through THIS EXPLANATION OF AUXILIARY VERBS . If you have any more specific questions after studying that page, please ask us.</description></item><item><title>Re: 'used to' as sentence element</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UsedToAsSentenceElement/kxzcv/post.htm#905503</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:03:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:905503</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>They are two different structures. #1 is, as you say, sort of an auxiliary. #2 is 'be/get + adjective'; 'used to' there is considered an adjective.</description></item><item><title>'used to' as sentence element</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/UsedToAsSentenceElement/kxzcv/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:37:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:905475</guid><dc:creator>ecik</dc:creator><description>Dear users, please consider the following sentences:   1. I used to like opera. 2. We were used to odd characters coming and going.   My question is: what sentence element is used to in the two sentences?   I believe that in 1 used to functions as an auxiliary verb (part of the predicator &amp;#39;used to like&amp;#39;).   I am not sure about 2, however, but my guess is that used t o is a subject predicative, postmodified by odd characters coming and going , in the same fashion as busy is postmodified by writing in: I am busy writing.   Can anyone verify this please? I would much appreciate your help.   Best Mirek</description></item><item><title>Re: I usually don't / I don't usually</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IUsuallyDontIDontUsually/knjlb/post.htm#901964</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:10:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:901964</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>Both are correct in both pairs, but the typical position of an adverb of frequency is after the first auxiliary verb ( don&amp;#39;t in this case), if there is one. Placing the adverb earlier has the effect of calling attention to it to some extent, which is also fine for when you&amp;#39;d like to emphasize it a little.   CJ</description></item><item><title>Re: I wish something/anything interesting happened now.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IWishAnythingInterestingHappened/2/kmvpx/Post.htm#895924</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:895924</guid><dc:creator>ferdis</dc:creator><description>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 &amp;quot;now&amp;quot; or in the future. 
  
  
  
 Now I&amp;#39;m also confused. (I thought this was still about the anything/something issue). 
  
 GG, isn&amp;#39;t his sentence pretty much the same as the second example in (b) concerning China? 
  
 b. The same time When the subordinate clause refers to the same time as the main clause, the Simple Past Subjunctive is usually used in the subordinate clause. In the following examples, the verbs in the Simple Past Subjunctive are underlined. e.g. When she was at the party, she...</description></item><item><title>Re: Simple subject/Simple predicate</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SimpleSubjectSimplePredicate/5/cqjbj/Post.htm#893819</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:22:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:893819</guid><dc:creator>grammar geek</dc:creator><description>My understanding of the &amp;quot;simple predicate&amp;quot; is that it includes  auxiliary verbs, so &amp;quot;will be writing.&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>Will be ING vs Past progressive</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WillPastProgressive/kwjdz/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:29:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:877171</guid><dc:creator>guzhao67</dc:creator><description>Hello; the following text was taken from a grammar book, and i can&amp;#39;t see the point the author wanted to convey.
 
&amp;quot;Other uses of the progressive aspect
It may be used especially following the auxiliary will or shall with the special implication that the action will take place &amp;#39;as a matter of course&amp;#39; in the future:
I&amp;#39;ll be seeing you next week.
Note: &amp;#39;The &amp;#39;matter-of-course&amp;#39; implication of will or shall with the progressive is also found with other modal auxiliaries, and possibly also with the past progressive in conversational contexts; eg: I was talking to Anne, and she was telling me that the job is still vacant. In contrast to the simple past talked and told , the progressive here suggests a casual...</description></item><item><title>Re: Perfect gerund and perfect participle difference</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerfectGerundPerfectParticiple-Difference/kwvdc/post.htm#876094</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:41:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:876094</guid><dc:creator>califjim</dc:creator><description>A gerund is noun-like in function. A participle is a modifier. A participle can be a present participle or a past participle.   Gerund:  taking (used where a noun would be used in a sentence) Present participle:  taking (used where a modifier would be used) Past participle:  taken   The perfect forms begin with the auxiliary have .   Gerund:  having taken (used as a noun) Present participle:  having taken (used as a modifier)  Past participle:     Mrs. Jones was upset about her husband&amp;#39;s having taken the keys.  (perfect gerund)   Having taken a nap, Larry was refreshed and ready to begin work again.  (perfect participle)   CJ</description></item><item><title>"Past Probability + Tenses" combo</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastProbabilityTensesCombo/kwrxr/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:24:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:874752</guid><dc:creator>akdom</dc:creator><description>express probability in the past  
  STRUCTURE: modal + have + past participle  
  
  Where was John last night at 10? 1. He  may have been  at his home.  This is Past Tense. Right? 
  
   He has been in this country for 2 years. (Present Perfect) 
 2. He may have been in this country for 2 years. 
 Isn&amp;#39;t #2 exactly same as #1? 
  
  The suspect had been to the crime scene. (Past Perfect) 
 3. The suspect may had been here.  
   The suspect may have had been here.  
 Ok, in this situation, I&amp;#39;m completely lost so far. When I tried to describe a Past Perfect situation using the STRUCTURE (modal+have+pastPartipal), the STRUCTURE doesn&amp;#39;t seem to fit anymore. 
  
 I also attached this Formula I found, but it also...</description></item><item><title>Re: Sentence grammar</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceGrammar/khmxq/post.htm#873393</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:33:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:873393</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
 The latter. 
  
 The Present Perfect uses the auxiliary &amp;#39;have&amp;#39; and the past participle of the main verb. 
  
 Clive</description></item><item><title>Re: Intransitive verbs</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntransitiveVerbs/khkdn/post.htm#872849</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:43:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:872849</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi,  
 Would you say the auxiliary verb (hope it is an auxilary verb) &amp;#39;had&amp;#39; is implicit in the part after the word &amp;#39;and&amp;#39; and before the word &amp;#39;won&amp;#39; in the sentence you introduced in the following (looks to be from an online web source)?  Yes.  
 
  
 You introduced this in your last post: 
  
 Some contemporary writing  
 Bruce Wayne; the original Batman, who had fought against all odds and won as the caped crusader, had finally fallen to the enemy that claimed all life in the end: death. You can only cheat it for so long.  He didn’t go down in a blaze of glory - oh no - he went quietly out into the night as he slept the sleep of the just.   
  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1031349/1/Tomorrows_Prey  
  
 ...</description></item><item><title>Re: Past Perfect share auxiliary HAD ?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPerfectShareAuxiliary/khknp/post.htm#872773</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:22:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:872773</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>1 &amp;amp; 2-- They can share the auxiliary so long as the meaning is commonsensical and the verbs are truly parallel.   3-- Fine.</description></item><item><title>Past Perfect share auxiliary HAD ?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPerfectShareAuxiliary/khknp/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:37:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:872727</guid><dc:creator>akdom</dc:creator><description>1. Before they arrived, I  had finished  cooking and  had set up  the table. 
 2. Before they arrived, I  had finished  cooking and  set up  the table. 
  
  When using past perfect in the main clause, do I use &amp;quot;had&amp;quot; before all past particles ? or can they share the auxiliry &amp;quot;had&amp;quot;?  
  
 3. Costumed in a kimono, our waitress  had painted  her face white and  arranged  her hair in an upswept lacquered beehive. 
  
  How about #3, the one with a participial phrase in the begining? Does #3 make sense? Grammatically correct?</description></item></channel></rss>