Did it snow this time last year? seems a little too specific. I would take it almost as Did it snow on this date last year? Hardly anyone would remember such a thing. I think, therefore, that unless I were consulting a meteorologist regarding real

Hi, YSchneider . I am not a native speaker and this is indeed a tough grammar point for non-native speakers. Here is an extract from CGEL*: Did you lock the front door? in a domestic situation where it is known that the front door is locked at

. They are, but they are totally useless for any purpose other than a grammar exercise. (#1 needs a little work: John likes pizza. Pizza is liked by John .) Many stative verbs occur seldom or not at all in passive voice.

HI again, Thanks Clive for your reply.But I am not convinced with your answer.I read this link posted on this site itself - http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm . I can't open your link, although I can imagine what it

Thanks Clive for your reply.But I am not convinced with your answer.I read this link posted on this site itself - http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm . Here its mentioned we can not use "see" and "sad"

. Do you agree that the 2nd and 4th sentences are incorrect? If so, why are they incorrect? What is the difference in meaning between 1st-2nd and 3rd-4th? Please explain. I did not say they were incorrect; I said that the usual form is the simple

Hi, I have in grammar book example of this : This soup tastes strange . (tastes in this sentence is stative verb , strange is adj ) the translate of this question : the soup strange because the strange describe the pronouns. but if i change the

Amy, Thank you for taking the time for the detailed explanation. I understand and in principle agree with almost everything you said. However, there is still some kind of glitch in our thoughts interpreting that particular sentence. Either my

«Tom is being a rich student. vs Tom will have been being a rich student. vs Tom will be being a rich student.» As you should have read, the Present Continuous tense is used to express an on-going (active) process, that is happening

I may need someone with more grammar training to explain what's wrong with these. "Can I help whoever's next" would be fine. "Can I help who's next?" always sound to me as if it means "Is it my fault who's next?" or "Am I responsible for who's