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Simple present tense, third person singular has an "s." Third person plural does not.Many of the bad things which happen can be avoided. (Things is plural, so happen must be plural.) A full moon, which happens every 28 days, usually causes high tides. (Moon is singular, so happens...

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...

Sir, I didn't know this before . It is quite clear to me now. I was about to give one more example. "I love you" and "She loves me" Now I am quite clear with this. Thank You everyone. I am very grateful to you all.

Panesh:Sunrise (one word) is a noun.In your sentence, the word "rise" is a verb, not a noun. Every sentence must have a verb. English used to be a highly inflected language. Over the centuries, the inflections have been changed or lost. The addition of -s in third person singular,...

Hi,No. You need to understand how to make the simple present tense.egFirst person singular I cookSecond person singular you cook Third person singular he/she/it cooks First person plural we cook Second person plural you cook Third person plural they cook...

CB's explanation is 100% right on. It is a linguistic question dealing with phonology. By the way, the same principle is in play with the plural noun ending 's/es': 's' after a non-voiced consonant (lamps, desks); 'z' after a voiced consonant or a vowel (dogs,...

(1) In 1978, a year or so before The Wall was released, Gilmour filed his first solo project, appropriately titled David Gilmour. While the songs don't approach the sublime heights of his best 1970s work, the album does have enjoyable moments, like the rockin' "Cry from the...

(1) (Use simple present, "don't.") The album is eternal, so to speak, and critics may continue to make comments in the present, eg., the album does have enjoyable moments. (2) Use "joined." All the other comments here are in simple past. "Go" doesn't really...

Let's see = 1st person plural suggestion; if he wins = present tense.However, the future time is obviously implied.

In the case of the 3rd-person singular, there is no cause for ambiguity: beat ~ beats. In other cases, such as 3rd-person plural, there could be some ambiguity: they almost beat us yesterday, they almost beat us every time we play. Context would normally make it clear.