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Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living.CJ

 I think it's a big mistake because the verb after the auxiliary is in the past participle, it means that the auxiliary should be 'has'  (the verb 'to have' in the present) instead of 'is' (the verb 'to be'  in the present. its a common mistake and it's a...

Clive wrote: Hi, You didn't let me know about the address. I think, here, did is a main verb and "let me know about the address" is a object of the verb "did". Consider the sentence if you make it positive. You let me know about the address. The main verb is 'let'. 'Did' is just an auxiliary...

Hi, for example, '"Do" you want to go to the shopping mall?' The statement 'I want to go to the shopping mall' uses Simple Present tense. Use 'do' to change this into a question "Do you want to go . . .' '"Are" you going to the shopping mall?' The statement 'I am going to the shopping mall'...

Goodman wrote: Yes, you may say that. However, is more of an idiomatic expression'', I think here idiomatic means that he is gone is very common expression to English speakers. Right? 2: Please explain the following sentence and shouldn't and are be used in front of used? All the...

Yoong Liat wrote: What is be? Is it simple Present tense form, Past Participle or what? According to the Collins Cobuild English Usage, be is the most common verb in English. It is used in many different ways. The present tense forms of 'be' are am, are and is, and the past tense forms are...

What is be? Is it simple Present tense form, Past Participle or what? According to the Collins Cobuild English Usage, be is the most common verb in English. It is used in many different ways. The present tense forms of 'be' are am, are and is, and the past tense forms are was and were. Be is...

Is this true that simple present tense is being used in passive voice in the following sentence, he is gone?Absolutely not! to go is an intransitive verb. Such verbs have no passive forms. Only transitive verbs can be placed in passive voice. gone is a past participle used as an adjective. ...

When he returns to Manhattan 1000 years later it has been destroyed and rebuilt three times 2 What

Hi milky. (Have you given up our discussion on modal auxiliaries?) Tense is used for more than just time I think it's a good point. Quine once said: Our ordinary language shows a tiresome bias in its treatment of time. Relations of date are exalted grammatically (..). This bias is of...