By Verbs, helping verbs

Hello, 1. Mr. X was late because he had had a late night, watching TV. The first underlined "had" is a helping verb. What is the meaning of the second "had" here? Thanks.

.There is no main verb in B, so it is a fragment. A and C have main verbs (must remain, was being). As Leo says, an -ing form cannot form a complete sentence by itself-- it needs an auxiliary or main verb.

Hello, How to tell the difference between a participle phrase with 'ing' in Sentence A and a sentence fragment with 'ing' in Sentence B? Sentence A. ( Participle phrase: The corporation seeking financial stability must remain flexible. Sentence B. Sentence fragment: A...

#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...

"Not" is used with a verb to make it negative, usually with the helping verb "do." "No" may answer a question, or it may be used with a noun to indicate a zero quantity. She is pretty. She is not pretty. I like her. I do not like her. You can pet the animals. ...

Simple past is talked - I talked, you talked, we talked, etc. However since you are using the helping verb "did", you use I did talk you did talk he does talk we did talk you (plural) did talk we did talk I did not talk to Simon on Sunday.

I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thnaks. Exercise 1: Identify each of the “ __ ” words in the sentences as one of the following parts of the sentence: 1.Direct object 2.Indirect...

5. copy each sentence; underline the simple subject once and the simple predicate twice. a. It is a shame! it=subject is=verb b.Will you go to a movie with me? you=subject go=verb c. Janet has been singing in the choir for years. Janet=subject .. the predicate I'm having trouble...

doll thank you very much for your clear description pucca did you mean that wasn't it = was it not because i think that not will just contact with the helping verb not with the subject

Thanks, Anonymous! However, I already have understood that it's a helping verb. Do you mean that it helps the speaker to say more politely (<= probably not this one as it's a helping verb) or Do you mean it has the same meaning of 'God will bless you.' or 'I hope that the God bless you' and...