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Gary lee Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Tell me whats the difference

Hi Teacher,

The sentence below, should i apply tell or told.
either the answer is yes or no, can you please explain why in a grammatical rules.

Question 1
"she forgot to told me to participate in the competition"



What's the difference from below sentences?

Question 2
Has James been to chruch before?
Did James been to chruch before?

Thanks,
Gary
  

Top answer

" The infinitive form "to tell" always remains constant regardless of the tense of the preceding verb. " "She will probably forget to tell me ... " "She has always forgotten to tell me ...

— CalifJim

  • " The infinitive form "to tell" always remains constant regardless of the tense of the preceding verb.
  • " "She will probably forget to tell me ...
  • " "She has always forgotten to tell me ...
  • ) "been" is a past participle, like "taken", "eaten", etc.
  • Past participles can be accompanied by a preceding "has", "have", or "had", but not by a preceding "does", "do", or "did".
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"She forgot to tell me to ..."

The infinitive form "to tell" always remains constant regardless of the tense of the preceding verb.

"She always forgets to tell me ..."
"She used to forget to tell me ..."
"She forgot to tell me ..."
"She will probably forget to tell me ... "
"She has always forgotten to tell me ... "

"Has James been t
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