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Rextony Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Auxilary & be verb combinations



Hi Good morning to all,

Of late,i was reading a magazine,i got a new type of sentence.where they used auxilary very and be verb combination and both are past tense.i've not get the real meaning of that sentence so far.Any one bear my hand.not only pasted that the following sentence but also mark it down.

i'm keen on awaiting any response.

regards

rex

"The most important thing they did was to send their children to schools and colleges, unlike the Blacks and Muslims who were content with wage labour"


  

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Hi Rex, Welcome to the Forum. " The most important thing they did was to send their children to schools and colleges, unlike the Blacks and Muslims who were content with wage labour" The problem is that you are not reading this sentence in the correct way. The words 'did was' are not a single verb form.

— Clive

  • Hi Rex, Welcome to the Forum.
  • " The most important thing they did was to send their children to schools and colleges, unlike the Blacks and Muslims who were content with wage labour" The problem is that you are not reading this sentence in the correct way.
  • The words 'did was' are not a single verb form.
  • The part I have highlighted in red is a separate clause.
  • Please also note that in English, each sentence should begin with a capital letter, as should the pronoun 'I'.
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Hi Rex,

Welcome to the Forum.



"The most important thing they did was to send their children to schools and colleges, unlike the Blacks and Muslims who were content with wage labour"

The problem is that you are not reading
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to send their children to school
was
the thing (that) they did


the thing (that) they did
was
to send their children to school


CJ
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