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1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours2) I needn't have brought that milkI = subjectneed have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle.not - adverb that - demonstrative pronoun refering to...

The uses of be are numerous, Sunilghai:–verb (used without object) 1.to exist or live: Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question. 2.to take place; happen; occur: The wedding was last week. 3.to occupy a place or position: The book is on the table. 4.to continue...

Mister Micawber wrote:Future Simple (I will sit)Future Continuous/Progressive (I will be sitting)Future Perfect (I will have sat")Present Simple (I sit)Past Simple (I sat)Past Continuous/Progressive (I was sitting)Past Perfect (I had sat)Past Perfect Continuous/Progressive (I had been...

"a" is more common but "b" is not so bad."Both" in attributive uses commonly behaves like a middle-positional adverb in its position.The middle-positional adverbs are positioned like:(1) When the main verb is not "be" and the main stands as a finite (=tense/person bearing) verb, the adverbs are...

Jack112 wrote: Sorry for my lack of understanding. Could you give me a few more examples as to how to distinguish between them? 1. I have never had more girlfriends than I have now. (Correct) 2. I have never had more girlfriends than I do now. (Is this one correct as well? How do I...

Just change it into "I must go" - then it's easier to analyze: "go" here is the full verb that is in its infinitive and follows the modal auxiliary must - without to! I have to go: "have to" is the substitute form for "must", "go" again is the full verb in its infinitive. "Have to" here is a...