By Modal verbs, Pronunciation

Hello, I am an English teacher who never thought he would post a message on the internet, but it just seemed so appropriate. Basically, English is so difficult because of its innumerable exceptions to rules. A student told me the other day, "at least when you see a new word in Spanish, you know...

Modal verb: I have to study Grammar all the time. Present perfect: I have been in Dalat for twenty years. She has been.......... Present perfect continuous: I have been eating She has been eating. Causative: I have my car serviced If -clause; If I have time, I'll go with you ...

Hello Anon The verb "have" in your sentence acts as a modal verb. As a modal verb, it takes an infinitive: 1. She eats salad every day. ] A simple statement about a regular occurrence. 2. She has to eat salad every day. ] We now learn something about the eating: it's something she's compelled...

Some words, not only verbs, that are used a lot in speaking, have one weak sound and one strong sound. Weak forms are used in 'connected speech', that is, when you are having a normal, everyday conversation or when they are in the middle of a sentence. For example, the weak form of the verb...

hi bubu - I've been away for a few days.. I guess you just want this proof-reading? I don't think it needs much alteration. I'm assuming it is meant to serve as a book-review? I've made suggested alterations and annotated them in brackets. "This is one of those books intended to while away a...