Search results for 'tag:Verbs' matching tag 'Verbs'

readed?

konrados — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:26:32 GMT

Hi.

My dictionary tells me that the forms of the "read" verb are "read,read,read" so : "I read a book yesterday", not "I readed a book yesterday". Then why Google shows over 1.000.000 results for the word "readed"?

Two questions about the position of verbs.

Anonymous — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:22:47 GMT

Hello readers,

I would appreciate if someone could tell me if the following two sentences are well written. I doubt whether the position of the verbs did in the first sentence and could have never imagined in the second one is correct.

1. Soon did the group get ready for a pleasant walk.

2. We prepared for the first game: a mad relay race that we could have never imagined even in our wildest dreams.

And, of course, if you can see other possible mistakes, do not hesitate to point it out too.

Many thanks in advance,

Pablo Vega

Re: Closely tied... (adverbs)

26TMNTJG2PG — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:43:53 GMT

"Closely" is modifying the verb "tied". Both are acceptable but sometimes choice will depend on the flow of the sentence or whether it sounds natural.

To illustrate, look at the following four sentences and see whether they have different meanings:-

1. He slowly eats his food. 2. Slowly, he eats his food. 3. He eats slowly his food. 4. He eats his food slowly.

To me, sentence 1 and sentence 4 sound more natural than the others.

Can see or See?

Jesusengland — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:31:08 GMT

Hello.

I'm confusing with the use of the verb See in the Present Simple and in the Past Simple with the verb Can or without it.

For example:

- You see the house or You can see the house (?)
- You saw the house or You could see the house (?)
- I couldn't see it anywhere or I didn't see it anywhere (?)

Could you help me please?

Thanks.

Re: a Few grammar questions

CalifJim — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:12:40 GMT

Anonymous
Explain why the verb âTo Beâ is not a non-progressive verb?

It can be used in progressive tenses -- although this is not common. (The baby is being difficult this morning.)

Anonymous
I know the simple present never talks about the present ...

You have false knowledge. I wonder what makes you think this.

Anonymous
Why does the present tense not exist in English?

Again, you are mistaken. The present tense exists in English. Where are you getting all these crazy ideas?

Anonymous
What are perpendicular and parallel actions?

I've never heard of this distinction.

Anonymous
What is the difference between the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Progressive?

Present Perfect is formed with the auxiliary have and the past participle of some verb: have seen, has done, have lived. Present Perfect Progressive is formed with the auxiliaries have and been and the present participle of some verb: have been seeing, has been doing, has been living.

Re: turn out right or turn out rightly

MrPedantic — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:12:26 GMT

1. Things turn out right.
2. ?Things turn out rightly.

#2 would sound a little odd, in BrE; though it may well occur in other kinds of English.

In #1, I would take "turn out" as a linking verb; "right" as a subject complement.

MrP

Re: turn out right or turn out rightly

Avangi — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:58:05 GMT

I think because "rightly" is an adverb it describes the process of "turning out," while "right" as an adjective describes the product. I guess the same could be said of "correct" and "correctly." A thing turns out [to be] correct. (We need the "to be"???) "A thing turns out correctly," is more common.

Anyway, I agree that both right and rightly are useful.

- A.

a Few grammar questions

Anonymous — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:47:12 GMT

Hi everyone,

I have a few grammar questions and I don't know how to answer them:

Explain why the verb âTo Beâ is not a non-progressive verb?

I know the simple present never talks about the present but what can be an exception to this rule?

Why does the present tense not exist in English?

What are perpendicular and parallel actions?

and

What is the difference between the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Progressive?

Thank you in advance if you take the time to help me :)

Re: to focus - Passive or Active voice?

Lone Swordsman — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:57:34 GMT

CalifJim, Cool Breeze thanks for your input.

CalifJim, I had a feeling that "focused" in the first sentence (the second sentence was meant to go like ...John's [John has] focused on...,which is absolutely wrong) was an adjective, not a verb, but I wasn't sure. And your post has removed all doubts about that. Thanks a lot.

P.S. While I was trying to find an agent of the sentence, thinking that the sentence is passive, I had a few mystical experiences))

Re: to focus - Passive or Active voice?

CalifJim — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:58:01 GMT

Lone Swordsman
All this time John's [John has] been focused on blah-blah-blah...
...All this time John's [John is] focused on blah-blah-blah...

Passive? No. There's nothing passive here, because there is no agent either implicit or explicit (i.e., there is nobody who is doing something). focused is an adjective. Be careful. Not every word with -ed is a verb in every sentence where it occurs. These two sentences are just the same statement in two different tenses. Note these:

John is ... [present]

John was ... [past]

John will be ... [future]

John has been ... [present perfect]

John had been ... [past perfect]

Complete any of the phrases above by adding any of these:

frightened of snakes, interested in science, focused on his studies, tired of reading, fascinated by insects, bored with grammar.

None of the resulting sentences has a passive construction.