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Hi Anon What sort of course are you doing? Are you familiar with the names of vebs tenses? (simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, etc.)
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Hi Anon: If you look in any English language reference book under verb tenses, you will find the answer to your question. "be" is a helping verb (auxilliary) for the passive voice of verbs, and "have" is the helping verb for
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I found a website that could help you. I'll quote part of it for you: "May/might is an example of a modal auxiliary verb. The distinction
between may and might has to do with the tense (present, past etc.)
and/ or mood (indicative/
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Explain why the verb “To Be” is not a non-progressive verb? It can be used in progressive tenses -- although this is not common. ( The baby is being difficult this morning. ) I know the simple present never talks about the present ... You have
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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
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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
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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
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Goodman wrote:
Yes, you may say that. However, is more of an idiomatic expression than grammatical in my opinion which merely means one of the followings;
1-“He is no loner here”.
2-“He has passed on, meaning dead”
3-“He doesn’t exist
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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
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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
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