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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...

Here, they are all good sentences and lead essentially to the same result:1. The shop closed down. (finished past action-- closed is the simple past tense of the verb close) 2. The shop is closed down. (present condition-- closed is the past participle used as a predicate adjective) 3. The shop...

You are mistaken. The present perfect can be used with a for-clause of time if you choose an appropriate predicate. I have banked at First National for 10 years. She has slept in that bed for 20 years. We have worked at this company for 5 years. They have lived in that town for 3...

I chose my wording carefully to avoid both present perfect and past tenses, Amintnt.You are finished-- finished is a predicate adjective.(The performance was not a finished production -- finished is an attributive adjective.)

It would be unwise to predicate that the disease is caused by a virus before further tests have been carried out.It would be unwise to predicate that the disease is caused by a virus before further tests. Hi all,I have got two questions about this. First, what are the possible differences between...

CalifJim wrote:what makes you choose one rather than the other?If I may butt in, the difference often depends on the type of predicate -- not necessarily just the type of verb, but the whole predicate. Cooking, eating, and raining are all activity predicates. These predicates denote actions...

what makes you choose one rather than the other?If I may butt in, the difference often depends on the type of predicate -- not necessarily just the type of verb, but the whole predicate. Cooking, eating, and raining are all activity predicates. These predicates denote actions which take...

Hello, Jack and Johnno "I have never seen him drive the car before." Johnoo said the tense used in this sentence is the present perfect of "see" (have seen), which is true. That is the main verb of the sentence. Now, "drive" has a different subject (him); as Johnno said, it is an infinitive...