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Vadim Katenin Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Hi everyone. I forgot a simple rule, and can't find it anywhere. Can you explain it for me please.
For example: ? saw a tax? stop by our house.
Why the first verb is in the past tense and the second one is infinitive? Because you "saw that taxi stopped" - it was in the past, action is finished. I just know that infinitive is right, but why?
Thanks for your answers
For example: ? saw a tax? stop by our house.
Why the first verb is in the past tense and the second one is infinitive? Because you "saw that taxi stopped" - it was in the past, action is finished. I just know that infinitive is right, but why?
Thanks for your answers
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Vadim Katenin ? saw a tax? stop by our house.
- Vadim Katenin ?
- saw a tax?
- stop by our house.
- There is only one clause in your sentence.
- I is the subject, saw is the main verb and a taxi is the object of saw .
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Vadim Katenin ? saw a tax? stop by our house.There is only one clause in your sentence. I is the subject, saw is the main verb and a taxi is the object of saw. You can't have another main verb (stopped) in the same clause since it has no subject. If you want to use stopped, you need to have two clauses:
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