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Well, if action is meant, the tense is shown in the passive auxiliary to be: His texts are edited every morning. (No doubt the texts get placed in a state as a result.) English is not the most exact of languages as far as the passive is concerned. Context is often very important for correct...

Anonymous wrote: Hi, Sometimes I get confused which one to used in the situations like the one or ones below. Did he go to school on Sunday? Was he born in Japan? Why one takes a modal verb 'did', whereas the other one takes an auxiliary verb 'was'? How can I make correct choices?...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of...

Another set of patterns occurred to me. These sometimes give learners trouble, and it's a good idea to practice them until they are automatic. They are drills on 'subject pronoun + auxiliary verb' contractions. Type X1: he's, she's, I'm, you're, we're, they're Type X2: he'll,...

Goodman wrote: Yes, you may say that. However, is more of an idiomatic expression'' , I think here idiomatic means that he is gone is very common expression to English speakers. Right? 2: Please explain the following sentence and shouldn't and are be used in front of used ? A ll...

Sometimes passive sentences are described without using auxiliary verb, when don't we use aux verbs in passive sentence? Example:- Insulin: A hormone secreted by the Pancreas First of all, a hormone secreted by the pancreas is not a sentence. It is a noun phrase, that is, an...

Maybe, Your sentence is formal or literature type. I think auxiliary + subject has to be used after expressions contain " only " . If you delete " did ", The sentence will be like, Only after she died, I realized that she was actually a nice person. ( is this sentence ok ?)...

Soylista wrote: I will be going to stay here for a month before returning home. This is an example of double future auxiliary in the same sentence and it's gramatically strange... It's not the future progressive and infinitive because the action verb "go" contradicts the infinitive "stay" .....

CalifJim wrote: Welcome to English Forums! This is the going to of motion, not the going to of the future. Here are sentences which use both: I am going to go shopping. ( going of the future; go of motion) I am going to be going now. ( going of the future; going of motion)...

Gazapo wrote: There is nothing wrong with the way it is, but there are better ways to say it such as I am going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow. But in your sentence, I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow , will be going = your action (what) to visit = your purpose (why) Hi...