Hi, I was looking at a thread named "could have done and were able" and in it, Velimir said in part this in one of his posts: I tend to use "could" instead of "was able" in similar situations but in Michael Swan's

Thank you very much for your answers Thomas Thompion and CalifJim, Those ambiguities are exactly the problem for me, specially in regard to expressing  "past ability". In many situations I can't easily decide what "could"

Hello, I would like to know if you have any rules to know when to put "to" between two verbs or ing at the end of the second one. Rules? Not exactly. You are asking about "catenative verbs". The decision between to and ing

"I object! We shouldn't use that object." 1. Where do I put stress in the verb and where in the noun? 2. Does that generally apply to all verbs and nouns of equal number of syllables? In these pairs, verbs take the stress on the

Hi, 'Enjoy' goes with gerunds; ' John enjoys collecting stamps'. Below is a partial list of verbs that go with gerunds only. "admit, appreciate, avoid, deny, discuss, enjoy, escape, finish, imagine, miss, postpone, practice, quit, recall, resist,

Hello everyone, Would you mind giving me a list of Verbs: Infinitive of V-Ing + the meaning + usage. Some verbs have 2 way, so i really want to know about them. Thank a bunch.

One question about the present perfect : where could I find the list of verbs which can be either used in the simple form or in the continuous form in the same contexts? For example, He has been working here for 10 years and he has worked here for

I am also looking for a list of verbs which I can use for my class project in Natural Language Processing. We're analyzing the blogs and trying to identify the summary sentences. Having a list of verbs would be useful for identifying the

I'm having trouble finding a list of verbs that can be both used as a linking verb and an action verb. I can only think of two: SMELL and APPEAR. Example: She smelled the perfume first before buying it./ She smells nice. The boy

Mister Micawber wrote: 'Did you see them go' and 'did you seem them going' are both correct. Some verbs can take the bare infinitive (no ' to ') as object, some can take the -ing form as object, some can take either and some can take neither.