By Negatives, Simple present

Anyway, I'm not going to write all those examples again, but the gist of it is that in the affirmative, you can explain a difference between present continuous and present perfect, but in the negative, when something doesn't happen, it doesn't make much difference if it doesn't...

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance.

Anonymous wrote:Hi, everybody I have few questions. -If I have a belt for pants do I say : "I botton my belt" or I buckle my belt?Belts usually have buckles rather than buttons, so you would normally buckle your belt. -Look at these sentences: Do you know how much a ticket concert the...

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...

Hi, Harry hardly does pay his bill on time, and his sister does too What is the matter with this sentence? Can you explain it to me? The problems with this sentence are in the area of usage more than the area of grammar. There seems to be no reason to say 'does pay' rather than 'pays'. The...

Jackson6612 wrote:Question 1:Yankee said: 1: Do I used to play cricket in my spare time? Did I use to play ...? As far as I know, 'did (not) ... use to' is still considered to be the correct form in negative and interrogative sentences. However, I'm also aware that some people disagree...

Hello, Janissary, 1. If a clause begins with a negative adverb, inverted word order must usually be used, with the subject following the Simple Present or Simple Past of the verb to be, or the first auxiliary. In the case of the Simple Present or Simple Past of any verb other than the verb to...

Hello Anon The "do" in your first sentence adds emphasis. It's true that where the main verb is in the simple past or simple present, we use "do" to form the tags, rather than the main verb itself; but I'm not sure why we do so. I suppose it might be because we have to use "do" to form the...

Of course I don't mind your asking I don't know what your first language is, but in my country, Spanish speakers find it difficult too to understand that the "s" is necessary to form the simple present of a verb for the 3rd. person singular. The reason is that we associate the addition of an "s"...