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Hello everybody, I'm going to revive this topic unjustly buried for a long time . I have a question about the verb "think" in the situation as described in previous posts for the verb "hope" .Surely that people,...

i really don't know exactly the "how" and the "why" the following examples are called infinitive complement so, study it by observing my examples: here are some examples of infinitive complements: It's important to memorize your pin number. It's sometimes helpful...

Linguists often consider endings when determining the number of tenses in a language. The English verb can only take two forms from the viewpoint of tense endings: present: talk s and past: talk ed . The future is formed by adding an extra verb (the modal verb will ) in front of the...

In the early Church , Christians would celebrate the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ (known as the saint's "birth day") by serving an All-Night Vigil , and then celebrating the Eucharist over their tomb or place of martyrdom. In the fourth century, neighbouring dioceses began to...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Milky wrote: He has to go and He must go.> Well, I guess that would be part of the mastering part of the language - i.e. the complex part. It's easy for anyone to claim that English is not complex, or is much simpler than many other languages, if he/she avoids talking about...

Milky wrote: <To my mind, the articles are the trickiest part of English grammar> And modals? They are similar to other Germanic languages in structure and as there are only two infinitives in English (and in Swedish, for that matter), the modals or defective auxiliaries are...

Hello chaps, My head is spinning on this one. Gerunds should of course be easy but I think I'm having a spazzy block on this one. Please check out the following examples: 1) Leaving taps on and using too much water is very bad for the environment. (Easy, 2 gerunds right?) 2) Everyone should be...

Sabyakgp wrote: Dear Friends, I would like to how "Would" can be used in future perfect as a modal verb. For Example. Analysts predicts that world population would have risen considerably by 2010. (Prediction can be wrong, so using "Would" instead of "Will" means this sentence...

Dear Friends, I would like to how "Would" can be used in future perfect as a modal verb. For Example. Analysts predicts that world population would have risen considerably by 2010. (Prediction can be wrong, so using "Would" instead of "Will" means this sentence is less directive than...