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JustForFun Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Several questions that trouble me ...
0 1. After "If I", we must make the next word past tense ? Like If I SAT next to you, or If I SIT next to you ? 02 br
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00 2. Why doesn't have instead of doesn't has ? Since doesn't means singular and has is categorized as singular ? He doesn't have instead of doesn't has ? 02 br
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00 3. Why "let it go" instead of "let it goes" ? I thought "it" stands for singular ? And they for plural .. 0-
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00 2. Why doesn't have instead of doesn't has ? Since doesn't means singular and has is categorized as singular ? He doesn't have instead of doesn't has ? 02 br
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00 3. Why "let it go" instead of "let it goes" ? I thought "it" stands for singular ? And they for plural .. 0-
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0 1. Will it be ok if I sit next to you? Would it be ok if I sat next to you?
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- Will it be ok if I sit next to you?
- Would it be ok if I sat next to you?
- 01 b 00 Both are correct, 02 br 02 b 00 2.
- The form of the auxiliary verb agrees with the subject: Does he have?
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0 1. Will it be ok if I sit next to you? Would it be ok if I sat next to you? 01 b 00 Both are correct, 02 br
02 b 00 2. The form of the auxiliary verb agrees with the subject: Does he have? Do you have? Do they have? 02 br
00 3. 'Let it go' is a case of the pure infinitive ('to' is eliminated. [Let us know, make me understand] 0-
02 b 00 2. The form of the auxiliary verb agrees with the subject: Does he have? Do you have? Do they have? 02 br
00 3. 'Let it go' is a case of the pure infinitive ('to' is eliminated. [Let us know, make me understand] 0-
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0 1. After "If I" you don't have to make the next word past tense, no. 02 br
00 2. See 05 0 00 . 02 br
00 3. In 01 i 00 Let it go 02 i 00 , 01 i 00 go 02 i 00 is an infinitive without 01 i 00 to 02 i 00 -- a bare infinitive -- invariable -- not an inflected form. 02 br
01 i 00 Let it go. Let us go. Let them
00 2. See 05 0 00 . 02 br
00 3. In 01 i 00 Let it go 02 i 00 , 01 i 00 go 02 i 00 is an infinitive without 01 i 00 to 02 i 00 -- a bare infinitive -- invariable -- not an inflected form. 02 br
01 i 00 Let it go. Let us go. Let them
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0 Thanks, CJ, for clearing up something for me. In my post just before yours I used the term 'pure' for the infinitive. I knew that wasn't the term I wanted, but I couldn't come up with 'bare' at the time. 0-
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0 There are so many terms for the same thing, I just thought that pure infinitive was another term for bare infinitive. Pretty good for a made-up term! 05 0 02 br
00 I think there are other terms for it, too, but they are slipping out of my sieve-like mind just now. 02 br
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00 I think there are other terms for it, too, but they are slipping out of my sieve-like mind just now. 02 br
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