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Df2006 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

rules for omitting auxiliary verbs in compound predicates

0Any hard and fast rules for when to RETAIN / OMIT the auxiliary verb in sentences with compound predicates?02br
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00e.g. Many people HAVE started to go online and (begun or HAVE begun) making friends with strangers.02br
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00Many thanks.02br
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00Donna0-
  

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0 When the auxiliary is the same, same tense, same person and has the same subject as the first one, you can omit it, it makes the sentence flow better. 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0 When the auxiliary is the same, same tense, same person and has the same subject as the first one, you can omit it, it makes the sentence flow better.
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0 When the auxiliary is the same, same tense, same person and has the same subject as the first one, you can omit it, it makes the sentence flow better. 0-
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01cite10Df200612cite10Any hard and fast rules for when to RETAIN / OMIT the auxiliary verb in sentences with compound predicates?12br
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10e.g. Many people HAVE started to go online and (begun or HAVE begun) making friends with strangers.12br
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10Many thanks.12br
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10Don
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