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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Have been
- You have been practicing hard.
- Is "practicing" a main verb which is also an action verb? and "have been" an auxiliary verb?
- I know that "have been" is used to form present perfect tense but are they both "have" and "been" helping verbs?
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have been practicing = two auxiliary verbs and a main verb Jigneshbharati "have been" an auxiliary verb? two auxiliary verbs In any sequence of verbs (verb phrase) only the last verb is the main verb (or the lexical verb, as it is called). All other verbs that precede the main verb (if any) are auxiliary verbs.
- have been practicing = two auxiliary verbs and a main verb Jigneshbharati "have been" an auxiliary verb?
- two auxiliary verbs In any sequence of verbs (verb phrase) only the last verb is the main verb (or the lexical verb, as it is called).
- All other verbs that precede the main verb (if any) are auxiliary verbs.
- have seen = one auxiliary verb and a main verb will have been taken = three auxiliary verbs and a main verb should be given = two auxiliary verbs and a main verb did know = one auxiliary verb and a main verb finds = no auxiliary verbs; only a main verb CJ
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have been practicing = two auxiliary verbs and a main verb
Jigneshbharati"have been" an auxiliary verb?
two auxiliary verbs
In any sequence of verbs (verb phrase) only the last verb is the main verb (or the lexical verb, as it is called). All other verbs that precede the main verb (if any) are auxiliary verbs.
have seen
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