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Hi everybody I strongly disagree with the views mentioned on behalf of the Callan Method Just because it promises to get the student where he or she wants to doesn t mean the Method deserves criticism I ve been teaching English both the traditional way and the Callan Method way for about a year...

quote user Clive I recommend that you not cook dinner tomorrow Think of it as a shortened form of do not cook should not cook Other verbs with which you can do this include for example I ask that and I request that quote Hi If you want to think of not cook in grammatical terms bear in mind that...

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...

That s one of those BrE AmE things I think Very generally we form the negative with the do form for simple present and simple past I run every morning I don t run every morning Certainly I runn t is wrong I baked these cookies myself I didn t bake these cookies myself Certainly I baken t is wrong...

That aux isn t supposed to be there Good point about there being no auxiliary verb in the first sentence but i still don t know why we use don t instead of haven t I usually have breakfast in the morning It s easy to see why the student has assumed that in using the neg form of have they should...

quote user parkerdrums Student has used have as a main and auxiliary verb instead of have for the main and do negative for the auxiliary quote In the original the student used have as the main verb there is no aux verb quote user parkerdrums Subject do neg frequency adverb verb aux quote Why do...

Here s my original answer to the question 1 I haven t usually breakfast in the morning Sentence should read I don t usually have breakfast in the morning Subject do neg frequency adverb verbStudent has used have as a main and auxiliary verb instead of have for the main and do negative for the...

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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...

I haven t usually breakfast in the morning It s a student error How do i correct The positive form would be I usually have breakfast in the morning so it s easy to see how the mistake has been made The student assumes that you simply use the negative form of have But why don t we Why is an...