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Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answer The sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real...

Do existed in Old English more than a thousand years ago as a regular verb and meant to cause . It is impossible to say who introduced it to English. It's use as an auxiliary in questions and negations was established in Shakespeare's day when it was correct to say both I know not him...

Yoong Liat, No. Not necessarily better, but it's another way of expressing that thought which is equally grammatical. I've observed that the negation is quite often on the verb when the noun in question is concrete. Leaving the verb in the affirmative and negating the noun with the...

1. None for me. The negation is in the pronoun. You negate (wanting) the object. 2. Not for me. The negation is in the verb. You negate the action of giving the object to you.

It's fine. What do you suggest instead? It means, in rough indicatives ( which isn't the sam e, but just to talk about the pronoun and the situation): I do not want that someone/somebody is/becomes hurt. Using the correct subjunctive: I do not want that...

go to bed, go to cinema, go to party, go to school You should notice that all these "bed""cinema""school" are nouns, and "go" is an intransitive verb. There's gotta be some preposition between them. That's why "to" appears here. go there "there" is an adverb used to modify the verb...

Hello Taka I know you get unpleasant with this, but please allow me to put my two cents on your question. "He learned to smoke" If we compare this with "He learned English", we see "to smoke" here is working as a noun phrase. If we negate the action "smoke", we get a sub-surface...

"kempt" is an old past tense and past participle form of the verb "to comb". The noun 'comb' has originally been "kamb", a verb "kambjan" has been derived. The "j" caused Umlaut a--->e, the Old English form of the verb became 'kemban', pt and pp: 'kempt'. Later on 'kemban' was replaced by...

Too big a question for mortal grammarians, Brinda. BE = exist; copulative verb: You are hungry. COPULATIVE + ADJECTIVE I am Mister Micawber. COPULATIVE + NOUN He is coming. AUXILIARY OF CONTINUOUS ASPECT DO = perform; auxiliary: I do the bookkeeping. TRANSITIVE VERB She doesn't...

There is no rule. Words with these prefixes have come about through accidents of history. The most usual is "un-", but always consult a dictionary. The following does not really answer your question, but you may find it somewhat useful anyway, especially if you're willing to work to dig some of...