By Predicates, Present progressive

#1 John who took my pen is here. #2 John who is wearing my jacket is here. How firm a grasp would you like to obtain? (I know I shouldn't have written that, but I couldn't resist.) The thing that works for me is to take out the the subject and the "verb" and see if it still...

Yes, for verbs other than achievement verbs (and even for some achievement verbs in the right contexts, involving how plannable the event is, I'm guessing), the present progressive can express future time.Strictly speaking, according to some grammarians, it's not the verb, but the...

Hi Christanford, present participle vs past participle - The past participle by itself (related) functions like an adjective and fits your definition, "connected in some way." "the heart and its related organs." I can't immediately think how the present participle (relating) would work by...

Yes, whl you're right! >>"Learning may be easy, if you are learning from a good teacher, but teaching is work." Verbs in this sentence are: may, be; are, learning; is may & be; are & learning belong together - they build the predicate of each part of the sentence - in this sentence, "may"...