Yoko: Some of my dictionaries say that "deer" is both the singular and the plural form. Additionally, Yoko, There is one deer in the park. There are two deer in the park. "deer" doesn't take -s in the plural. It's a mass noun. But

Ah, yes, Pieanne, but the question is, how would you interpret these ones? . . .cried on the sight of a snake. . . . cried with the sight of a snake. Many Japanese immigrated . . . in chase of a better life. Many Japanese immigrated . .

No affection, no reciprocity. If you hug a sack of potatoes, it's not going to hug you back--hopefully.

Perhaps a negated possibility is more likely to be past. What about "would", though, or is that different from "could"? EX: I wouldn't do that if I were you. Is it possible that "would" is the future past of "will"? If something is

Pieanne, CJ doesn't seem to be around, so I hope you don't mind if I provide a few words. Based on the distribution of CJ's examples, I believe "Past" is in reference to when the event actually took place: Major calls (present tense) for

could you please show me an inflected modal. Well, aside from MrP's "could", there's She has to go. (Present) She had to go. (Past) But then again, the kind of "inflection" we're concerned about in this discussion is temporal in

Phrasal Verbs are easily distinguished from prepositional verbs. I'm not all that convinced it's so cut 'n dried. Meaning plays a vital role. She looked over the fence . (adverb; she looked where?) ?The fence was looked over. She

Thanks, MrP. Your b) rings true to form now: b) This computer is the same as that (which) we saw in the other shop.

It was my attempt at humor. : . . ( (L)

All prepositional verbs take prepositional objects. True. But what do we do with ambi-structural "looked after"? They looked (DO) They looked after (DO) What evidence is there that speakers don't parse "look after" as a unit and "the