Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

gerund is ending with -ing It is usually used with a continuous sense e.g. I am writing to you now. (Past) participle is what I assume you meant: this is the past form of the verb to be used with past tense forms which require two verbs e.g.

It's very commendable to know gerunds, infinitives (split or otherwise) pronouns etc., etc., and all the correct grammatical terms and usages, but I sometimes think intelligent people, such as yourself, should ease up on the academic pursuit

Hi. What is the difference? Your sentence: #1 After having read the recipe, she baked a cake. And this: #2 Having read the recipe, she baked a cake In sentence #1, having read the recipe is a gerund phrase (grammatically a

Ok. So the gerund is also a verb form? I can say then that the verb forms are: infinitive, bare infinitive, present simple 3d person singular, past simple, past participle, present participle and gerund ?  Have I forgotten sth? How can I tell

Hello everyone. At first, I wanted to asked what is the difference between verb forms and verb tenses. I did a little research and found that the verb forms are: infinitive, base, present simple 3d person singular, past simple, past participle,

From Oxford it says: He has committed himself to support his brother's children. (Verb) But no examples provided for adjective usage. To the last question, I learned long ago that it's incorrect to use bare infinitve after

In some cases, the "that" may be omitted. You may go out this evening provided you first finish your homework. People often substitute "providing" in the above example, but I don't believe it's correct to do so. She

Hi Angelista, 1. Martha was here at noon. She told me about their plans. The first sentence suggests that Martha is not here anymore, otherwise we would say "Martha has been here since noon", or even "Martha arrived at noon/

Hi Fandorin: The subjunctive is slowing working its way out of our language, but we still use it. "i wish I went" just grates on my ears! In the subjunctive mood, a present wish about an event in the past (obviously, you cannot change