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This error can't be subject verb agreement. The error is with the helping verb and the main verb. Can someone else explain?GB

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,...

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.