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Hi,I'd say "agreement of subject and verb." It becomes more complicated when you ask a question, because you have to worry about the person, number and tense of the principle verb (to mean) and also the person, number and tense of the auxilliary verb (helping verb) to do.It means...

if there are any. I believe there are, and saw them mentioned in different posts on the forum although didn't pay attention to them. The grammar book I'm studying all lump them up into one catagory: helping verbs. But I'd like to know if most people have and use names for the...

I need help on this, mbouti. I'm not sure if "used" is considered part of the verb form in this case, or not."I used to work hard" is very similar in meaning to "I was working hard." This is past progressive tense, I believe. "Was" is an auxilliary,...

#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...

Wouldn't you say there are twelve tenses? Simple , Progressive, Perfect, Perfect Progressive - each with past, present, and future tenses - for a total of twelve? What is the difference between, for example, Future Perfect in the past and Future Perfect? Is it just the modal auxilary "would"...

Dear All, I once read: "be=is/am/are" can be used as a linking verb. As we can link 'the subject' with Noun, Adjective and Location. 1- I am Lrk. 2- I was happy. 3- I am upstairs. and this is the case with "have/has/had". but in the sentense below, be is not being used as a linking...

Ah, I see. Depending on the tenses, there are different set of rules applied to each of these helping verbs (hv) and their forms: have, do, and be. For hv that are a form of do, the rule is that the main verb has to be in base form, like you said. For have, has, or had, the following main verb...

Lyangsuan wrote:When do we use "had" instead of "have"?Is the verb behind "had" a past tense or present tense?Example. Teenager who had finished their secondary education.Teenager who have finished their secondary education.Teenager who had finish their secondary education.Which one is correct?...

Could is the past tense of can. These two words are among the many that form a class of MAV modal auxiliary verbs called the ‘pure’modals. AV’s (Auxiliary verbs) are helping verbs that help the main verbs to convey additional information. MAV’s are a type of AV. MAV’s help to convey shades of...

CalifJim wrote:has/have/had followed by a past participle would be called auxiliary verbs. To make it even simpler, some people call them helper or helping verbs.CJ Noooooo way. It is a finite verb phrase whose first verb is an auxiliary. EG: I have been ill. (H)ave is an auxiliary here,...