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Your final question is easy - "yes."There's another good thread on this, but I can't seem to find it. Something about being left to the mercy of the hurricane. It seems like there were two senses, one in which a deliberate choice is made to abandon someone to fate, and the...

No! You can only learn Spanish once! This is the same situation as the previous one we discussed. For predicates like learn Spanish, there is very little use for the simple present. The learning is either on-going and is present, or it is finished and is past. You can't learn Spanish...

Welcome to English Forums.It's an imperative sentence, the subject being (you) understood."Give" is a verb, present tense, second person singular or plural, the simple predicate of the sentence."yearbook" is a noun, the direct object of the verb."whoever" is a...

Semantically it seems to mean the same. But grammatically, the sentence has changed. Blanket was a noun in the first, and now it is a verb. This seems to be an equivalent phrasing, (with American English verb/subject agreement): Holding outgoing radiation for a while and warming the surface, an...

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...

#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...

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...

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...

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) ...

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...