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Hi,Could you please check for me if I have made any mistakes for these sentences?He does criticize a lot. (Plain form after does)All he does is criticize. (Same above)I have adapted the life here. (General statement)I have had adapted the life here since beginning of this year. (Present perfect, from beginning until now)Too much smoke or drink might endanger us. (Active voice for sure)We might endanger by too much smoke and drink. (This is active voice?)We are definitely endangered by too much smoke and drink. (Passive voice for sure)Cheers

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

John AkiHe does criticize a lot. (Plain form after does)

Correct. Same as "He criticizes a lot", but more emphatic.

John AkiAll he does is criticize. (Same as above)

Correct, but not for the same reason.

'is' is not a plain form. That is, it's not the form of that verb that would be listed in a dictionary. It's not the infinitive form. The plain form is be, and forms of be never occur with the auxiliary do.

Here the whole clause "all he does" (= everything that he does) is the subject of the sentence. Within that clause 'does' is the main verb, not an auxiliary. The rest of the sentence is separate. It's the predicate "is criticize".

So the 'does' and the 'is' are completely separate. They are in different clauses.

[ [All he does]_subj is criticize.]

John AkiI have adapted ~~the~~ to life here. (General statement)

The verb 'adapt' takes 'to'.

John Akihave had adapted

There is no tense in English like this.

have adapted (present perfect)
had adapted (past perfect)
have had adapted (????????)

John AkiI have ~~had~~ adapted ~~the~~ to life here since beginning of this year. (Present perfect, from beginning until now)

Correct as shown above.

CJ

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