By Verbs

Re: corrections

«If you hadn't stopped at the grocery store, we wouldn't have missed our flight and would be in Italy now (my preference - 2nd conditional), would have arrived in Italy now( 3rd) , would have been in Italy (3rd I guess but somehow lacking something :) )» All correct except the last...

Re: corrections

Thanks Ant for your reply. I get it now. REgarding the last point, I would have been in the hospital is, I think, a third conditional For example, If you hadn't stopped at the grocery store, we wouldn't have missed our flight and would be in Italy now (my preference - 2nd conditional),...

Re: taking out the windows of the car

N2G, <<>> To me, it sounds like disassemble, definitely no breaking, the glass would be intact, one piece. On the contrary, taking out a window means destroying it.The compound verb "take out" has different meanings.- Colloquial: to take out someone or something means to...

hoist - petard

Many years ago I learned "is hoist by his own petard" from Perry Mason. I recently thought I should know why it's not "is hoisted," and undertook a search. I finally ran out of patience. My American Heritage simply says, "transitive verb, hoisted, hoisting, hoists....

Re: please explain is there any difference in meaning

Using 'not only' forces you to put the verb immediately after the only, so you cannot change it. You could write: There are many delays...infrastructure; what exists ...

Re: custom-coat

Hi nona. 1. What is coating the pair? Can you explain?2. Is it OK to say, " it will take an extra day or two to customize/custom-make your individual pair"?3. Is it normal to use 'custom-coat' as a verb? Thanks

Re: Can i change like this?helped pulling and helped to pull

thanks a lot CalifJim.. i strongly thought this sentence pattern like this. Helped pulling = verb + -ing. 1. Ian suggested going to the cinema. 2. Mr Busa helped pulling the young woman.above two sentences has a same grammar pattern. Therefore, why second sentence is inocrecrt.

Re: a pair of newly-wed

At the time of the cutting of the cake, the couple are already married (perhaps already well on the way to divorce); so "newly-weds" would be possible.I myself would use a plural verb, i.e.1. A pair of newly-weds are cutting the cake.But other members would probably prefer...

Re: I thought a spider is/was an insect

My apologies for introducing a joke! The "universal falsehood" reference is a complete joke! It doesn't matter whether what is reported is universally true or unversally false. What's important is that in the speaker's mind it is universally (or eternally, if you wish)...

Re: grammatical category!(URGENT)

Anita, this is simply too broad a category to answer in a post. You need to do some research. You can search on this site for the words "adjective" and "adverb" or you can use Google to search for grammar adverb or adjective grammar help or similar phrases.