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quote user mbouti 1 I am used to working hard er 2 I used to work hard er quote These are two different grammatical patterns with two different meanings 1 be used to ing means be accustomed to ing I am used to working hard talks about your ablity to work hard because you have worked hard so...

quote user Forbes I remember listening to a radio programme about the varieties of forms of speech in Italy They simply change language like they change clothes without worrying about the status of their home speech quote There s some truth in that article My parents for instance used to speak...

quote user Fandorin Hi Yes both of the words may be used Simply have has got tend to be used side by side with have has had have had has got have has had But the expression had got is rarely used in contemporary grammar quote Hi FandorinYou seem to be mixing things up Angliholic s sentence is...

Hi TicceIt would be better to omit the word all She is always smiling That is the present continuous tense of the verb smile In your original sentence the word smiles was used as a noun and as GG mentioned be all smiles is an idiom

Jackson6612 wrote Hi G G 1 What do you mean by I m assuming you mean immediately after In answering your question I made the assumption that you wanted to know about adjectives that came immedately after the nouns they modify not predicate adjectives In He is happy happy is after the word He but...

Hi ForbesThank you for your long reply I do appreciate it I would just like to say that I my opinion is based on the knowledge I have of the Germanic and Romance languages and it is of course very subjective I fully understand that not everyone agrees with me and what I consider easy may be...

And why is it not have gotten instead of have got Isn t it that the correct construction is have past participle verb There are two past participles of the verb to get got and gotten In the perfect tenses the British use got and the Americans use gotten However in the special case of the idiom...

Yankee wrote Hi GoodmanYou can look at to welcome someone with open arms as an idiom This idiom contains the verb welcome Simple past tense active voice They welcomed him with open arms Simple past tense passive voive He was welcomed with open arms by them Welcomed is a past participle here The...