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Grammarian-bot Posted 18 years ago
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What this error is called?
What does it means?
What did it meant?
Well the errors commited in these questions are quite obvious. Can someone tell me what these errors are called?
GB
What did it meant?
Well the errors commited in these questions are quite obvious. Can someone tell me what these errors are called?
GB
Top answer
" It becomes more complicated when you ask a question, because you have to worry about the person, number and tense of the principle verb (to mean) and also the person, number and tense of the auxilliary verb (helping verb) to do. It means nothing. It meant nothing.
- " It becomes more complicated when you ask a question, because you have to worry about the person, number and tense of the principle verb (to mean) and also the person, number and tense of the auxilliary verb (helping verb) to do.
- It means nothing.
- It meant nothing.
- "It" is third person singular.
- It means is correct present tense.
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Hi,
I'd say "agreement of subject and verb." It becomes more complicated when you ask a question, because you have to worry about the person, number and tense of the principle verb (to mean) and also the person, number and tense of the auxilliary verb (helping verb) to do.
It means nothing.
It meant nothing.
"It" is third person singular. It means
I'd say "agreement of subject and verb." It becomes more complicated when you ask a question, because you have to worry about the person, number and tense of the principle verb (to mean) and also the person, number and tense of the auxilliary verb (helping verb) to do.
It means nothing.
It meant nothing.
"It" is third person singular. It means
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This error can't be subject verb agreement. The error is with the helping verb and the main verb. Can someone else explain?
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Avangi use the bare infinitive of the principle verb, "to mean." What does it mean? What did it mean?
To be more specific about your error, you failed to use the infinitive form of the principle verb, mean. You used the simple present and past of both the principle verb and the auxilliary verb. You might call it an error in v
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Sorry Avangi. You are right. I didn't read the whole post as I was in a hurry; I'll keep that in mind in future. Thanks for the help.
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Both errors are 'word form'. You need to use the bare infinitive in a question using the auxiliary verb do. You have not used the bare infinitive in either case, so it is the wrong word form.
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Grammarian-bot I was in a hurryNo worries, mate. Richard's "word form" may well be the accepted term for the error, rather than "verb formation."
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