By Negatives, Grammar

Re: Please clear my doubt

.No there is an error in grammar and an infelicity in structure-- it should read:..the negative impact on the young of movie scenes where heroes drink alcohol.

nor

Hi, At The American Heritage Book of English Usage at Bartleby.com in the section named "1. Grammar: Traditional Rules, Word Order, Agreement, and Case", I saw this line in its note: However, when a verb is negated by not or never, and is followed by a negative verb phrase (but not an...

Re: gotten

You can certainly generalize to the negative actions that can be inflicted upon a person, as shown in your examples. But you can't apply all three patterns to all past participles. For example, you may say,He could have been driven to the station. But I would consider it awkward to use got...

Re: Please check for me this discursive essay !

Thank you Grammar Geek, for your help ! "blue" words are the words that I correct again.However, I still don't know how to correct the the "red" mistakes ? Sorry for my slow understanding, my English isnt very good,so please correct for me one more time, Thank you so much...

Re: What did he say? What was it he said?

Why is it that we say, "What did he/she say?" or "What did I say?" even when it is past tense? We use 'did' in making a past tense sentence interrogative or negative, using the base form of the verb.As a follow-up question to those kind enough to answer, is there a...

questions about logical sequence of the meanings of verb tenses

Hi, everybody: I have an idea about "the logical sequence of the meanings of all verb tenses" and I am not sure that I am right. Please help me. I think: In the negative forms of all verb tenses, the objects modified by the negative meanings are the original...

Re: so / as

Hi, Grammar Geek, To begin with, I'm in no calibre to teach you something. The rule says that "so ... as" is used only in negatives, but "so ... as" can be used with both negatives and positives. ...

help with grammar

can you please check my grammar in this short analysis? thank you very very much In the article, "Only science can save us from climate catastrophe", political philosopher John Gray advocates the role of technology in environmental debate on how to tackle environmental problems....

for long

Hi,I have a big problem! I am not sure how to use (for) long in questions and negative sentences. Should I leave out for in American English?Don't worry. I haven't waited (for) long.Don't worry. I haven't been waiting (for) long.I'm not tired yet. I haven't written (for)...

Re: Differences between English and your native language

Hi CB,I wouldn't know where to start! English grammar is pretty different from Italian grammar. However, there are a lot of similar words (one example: government - governo), and several similar structures and idioms. The problem is that there are also several false friends, and lots of...