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1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours 2) I needn't have brought that milk I = subject need have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle. not - adverb that - demonstrative pronoun refering...

When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the...

Hi, I gotthe following sentences from the ChristianToday magazne, a magazine of evangelical conviction, by N.T. Wright on March 25, 2008, and hope you would answer some questions on them. When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for...

Cool Breeze has written the following: A. The present perfect in the passive: A new house has been built. Two new houses have been built. { http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectPerfectInfinitive/cpmzk/Post.htm } -- B. The perfect infinitive in the passive: The perfect...

A. The present perfect in the passive: A new house has been built. Two new houses have been built. B. The perfect infinitive in the passive: The perfect infinitive is usually used with a defective auxiliary (also known as a modal auxiliary). The defective auxiliaries are can, could; will, would;...