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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
2 verbs in the same clause
Why do we say,,''I wanted to go'' (one past tense verb) ;''I watched the day melt'' (one past tense verb); but we say ''The first person I saw, was'' (two past tense verbs together)
Julie
Julie
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Those are different grammatical structures. The verbs in the position of "go" and "melt" are base form (or infinitive) and do not inflect. Similar examples: "I asked to see him", "He failed to arrive ", "I heard him climb the stairs".
- Those are different grammatical structures.
- The verbs in the position of "go" and "melt" are base form (or infinitive) and do not inflect.
- Similar examples: "I asked to see him", "He failed to arrive ", "I heard him climb the stairs".
- In the last example, "The first person (that) I saw" is the subject of the verb "was".
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Those are different grammatical structures. The verbs in the position of "go" and "melt" are base form (or infinitive) and do not inflect. Similar examples: "I asked to see him", "He failed to arrive", "I heard him climb the stairs".
In the last example, "The first person (that) I saw" is the subject of the verb "was". Because "was" is the main verb, it inflects in t
In the last example, "The first person (that) I saw" is the subject of the verb "was". Because "was" is the main verb, it inflects in t
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Anonymoustwo past tense verbs togetherThere are two different clauses, and each has a past tense verb. The two verbs sometimes come next to each other:
The man he met was the former president. = The man (who he met) was the former president.
The song we sang was named "Summertime." = The song (that we sang) was named "Summertime."
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