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Re: a Few grammar questions

Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living.CJ

a Few grammar questions

Hi everyone,I have a few grammar questions and I don't know how to answer them:Explain why the verb “To Be” is not a non-progressive verb?I know the simple present never talks about the present but what can be an exception to this rule?Why does the present tense not exist in English? What...

Re: Correct use of "... of yours"

"Yours" means "belonging to you" and thus both of the examples you quote is correct, although the latter "this watch of yours" is more colloquial and would be regarded by some as poor English, even though it is widely used. The word may also be used in letter as in...

Re: I thought

that I know how to ... (NO!)

Re: I thought

Could a native speaker please respond to New2grammar's query? Many thanks.

Re: slam [shut]

New2grammar,Thank you for the reply. "Gunfire" would be okay, and "a gunshot" would be okay, too.I don't see any difference between "to slam a door" and "to slam a door shut."

Editing of paragraph/1

An Anonymous' s post on the subject of the ' difference between 'can' and ' able ' contains a post thread (#354509 ) in which Mister Micawber says that 'can' and ' be able to ' have the same meaning and instructs the main poster to use ' I can't...

cannot/am not able to

1. I am not able to understand the logic of the edition. 2. I cannot understand the logic of the edition. Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, A forum member pointed out ' I am not able to understand ' implies you have some kind of mental deficiency.He or She advised me about accepting...

Re: one-stop shop

Thank you Grammar Geek , but I notice that sometimes they use one-stop shop and sometimes one-stop only .Is there any difference between them ? Best wishes

Re: Different from/ different of

Hi, Please, what's the difference between: - American soap operas are different from French ones. - American soap operas are different of French ones. By the way what's the difference between different from and different of ? 'Different from ' is correct grammar....