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Re: the difference between the main and auxiliary forms of have (negative) ?

I think it depends on what variety you want to teach For American English the simple guidelines I follow are When have is not an auxiliary verb it behaves like all other verbs and so you need don t doesn t to make it negative I don t have any money same structure as I don t need any money I don t...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by kooyeen 58 days ago American English, Verbs, Difference Between, Negatives, Auxiliaries, Affirmative Sentences
Re: the difference between the main and auxiliary forms of have (negative) ?

Hi Matt and welcome to English Forums I m not sure I agree with your lecturer In American English we rarely say I haven t time instead we say I don t have time but either way have is the main verb Could your lecturer possibly be thinking that breakfast is being used as a verb I haven t time TO...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by grammar geek 58 days ago American English, Verbs, Difference Between, Negatives, Auxiliaries, Word Order
Re: "Is this not..?"

Pucca wrote What about ain t I Is it in an informal way HI Pucca yes it s an informal some people also say nonstandard contraction I ve usually seen it as a contraction of the verb to be in negative forms are not is not but my dictionaries say it s also used for the verd to have have not has not...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by kooyeen 1 yr 257 days ago American English, Verbs, Negatives, Contractions

Re: constant corrections of my use of verb contractions

Today 5 39 PM Post 266018 Grammar Geek Posts 2 460Advanced Member Joined on 10 01 2006 Pennsylvania USA Re Contractions doesn t aren t won t shouldn t When the question is phrased with the negative don t you doesn t he it shows an assumption on the part of the speaker that he or she is correct...

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Re: Need reference for American English Sites

But CJ two questions are still left out Is it necessary to use subject operator inverted form in all the following situation Questions Negative and restrictive adverbs So nor and neither Conditional clauses May Exclamations 2 How would we know where to use an object facing inversion or is it just...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by grammarian-bot 2 yr 128 days ago American English, Verbs, Clauses, Adverbs, Negatives, Conditionals
Re: Need reference for American English Sites

Well this article has increased my confusion about inversion Uptil now I thought that inversion was used in the following circumstances Questions Negative and restrictive adverbs So nor and neither Conditional clauses May Exclamations But the following two examples in the American Heritage Book...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by grammarian-bot 2 yr 128 days ago Articles, American English, Verbs, Clauses, Adverbs, Negatives, Conditionals
Re: might and may

This MAY help a May or might permission May I see your passport please May I open the window Might I use your bathroom especially in British English Can I help you May I help you Can I help and am I allowed to help You may go now you are allowed to go May I help you with your bags Am I allowed to...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by old eladio 2 yr 304 days ago American English, Verbs, Conversations, Negatives, Irony, British English, Cookies
Re: play piano (American English)

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site Q Hello I m a graduate student at a university in Japan In English class at Japanese high schools students were told to put the before the name of musical instrument But I often come across musical instruments without the like play...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by paco2004 3 yr 54 days ago Articles, American English, Verbs, Difference Between, Nouns, Negatives, Expressions, Universities
Re: She don't?

I can t agree more with you Casi Purists may call this speech pattern non standard English but all said and done it is English All varieties of English any language for that matter including this one have their own set of established standards and are governed by their linguistic and cultural...

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by elviajero 3 yr 313 days ago Verbs, Tenses, Grammar, Dialects, Negatives, Present Continuous, American English, Present Perfect
Re: Gotta

The idiom is have got in both American and British English It is a purely idiomatic alternate for have and is not much used except in the present tense That is have got is the present tense of this idiom even though get is the present tense form of to get and the past is got This is because have...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by califjim 4 yr 102 days ago American English, Verbs, Conversations, Tenses, Negatives, Present Tenses, British English, Modals, Present Perfect, Idioms, Contractions

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