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Hoa Thai wrote: Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and...

Belly wrote: Ok I understood that drinking implies a continuous activity, but it may violate with the parallelsim, may not it? Not really! This sentence contains the vilolation: "He sat at the terrace and was drinking coffee." One clause uses the simple past tense and the other uses the past...

Lin1978 wrote: Thank you, Master Yankee. Your answer is quite clear. But I still have one small question. Last time my teacher told me that, "if I have two different subjects in a main clause and in a conditional, and I want to use the participle phrase, I have to keep both two subjects or...

Clive wrote: Hi, Can "quit" be used as both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"? - We stopped / quit ted to have a break. - They stopped / quit ted searching for the missing boy. Yes. When you use 'quit' like this meaning 'give up a task', the simple past tense is...

Hi, Can "quit" be used as both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"? - We stopped / quit ted to have a break. - They stopped / quit ted searching for the missing boy. Yes. When you use 'quit' like this meaning 'give up a task', the simple past tense is 'quit', ie it's...

Jackson6612 wrote: I think names for those six forms of certain verb are: Infinitive form, Simple Present Tense form, Simple Past Tense form, Past Participle, Present Participle. For example: to go, go, went, gone, going. I don't know the name for sixth form? Perhaps it's bare...

I think names for those six forms of certain verb are: Infinitive form, Simple Present Tense form, Simple Past Tense form, Past Participle, Present Participle. For example: to go, go, went, gone, going. I don't know the name for sixth form? Perhaps it's bare infinitive. But there is...

Nomad04 wrote: Hi, all. Could you please check the following sentences up? Are they OK? 1) Can we rely on his installing all our equipment correctly? 2) I object to his installing our equipment. 3) The success of our project absolutely depend on her reacting to our proposal. 4)...

Hello, Mr Pedantic. May I call you Mr P? Of course you may, JTT. {Please don't ever take my direct manner in these discussions as any type of personal attack. I only want to address the facts. If I believe you or anyone to be in err, I'll plainly say so and I hope you and others...

Note that 'used to' as in 'accustomed to' in the simple past tense takes the infinitive, e.g. "I used to work hard." 'Used' as in 'utilised' can also take the gerund, if you write 'for' instead of 'to', e.g. "Soil is used for making earthen pots".