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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
2. James rides a motorcycle. His brother doesn t like it.
Why does the verb 'ride' use a different form in both of the sentences? One is with an 's'.
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English Grammar Question (Verb)?
1. Mary can ride a horse.
2. James rides a motorcycle. His brother doesn t like it.
Why does the verb 'ride' use a different form in both of the sentences? One is with an 's'.
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As I expect you know, most verbs in English have an "s" on the end of the third person singular (he/she/it) form. That's why the second sentence uses "rides". However, in the first sentence there are two verbs, "can" and"ride".
- As I expect you know, most verbs in English have an "s" on the end of the third person singular (he/she/it) form.
- That's why the second sentence uses "rides".
- However, in the first sentence there are two verbs, "can" and"ride".
- When there are two verbs together like that, the second verb will be either the bare infinitive ("ride"), the to-infinitive ("to ride") or the present participle ("riding").
- The first verb will use the form it would have if the second verb wasn't there.
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As I expect you know, most verbs in English have an "s" on the end of the third person singular (he/she/it) form. That's why the second sentence uses "rides". However, in the first sentence there are two verbs, "can" and"ride". When there are two verbs together like that, the second verb will be either the bare infinitive ("ride"), the to-infinitive ("to ride") or the present participle ("ridi
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