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21 févr. 2014 · My grammar book says that if you saw the complete action you use do/get/drive: "I saw him fall off the wall." Otherwise you use -ing: "I saw him standing at the bus stop." A native American speaker said that he doesn't agree with that and there is no difference whether you use -ing or not. He said that particularly in these situations I can use ...
14 août 2021 · I'm not qualified to answer, as I'm neither a Briton nor an authority on BrE, but I'm with Lambie on this one: I never play football or tennis, because I never do any sports at all. I think maybe my resistance to using "play" with "sports" as an object has to do with the fact that there are so many specific sports – like track, swimming, and ...
1) Do you know what is it? 2) Do you know what it is? I kinda do a Google research on this and basically most people say it should be the first one but unfortunately the correct one is the second one. Why it is so? If we refer to the rule of making question (WH-word + verb to be/verb to have + subject + verb + description). But based on the ...
Because even though the entity that is allowed to do something (i.e. an object pronoun) isn't included in the sentence, the thing that is allowed is still to be done by an entity. 3: allow + pronoun + to + infinitive: It allows me to do something. This is grammatically correct, and probably the most commonly used form.
26 août 2016 · Whatever the pragmatics, the absence of do support is sufficient evidence to prove that the verb is being used as an auxiliary. Your example "Have you ever had an English book?" is irrelevant, since "have" is always an auxiliary verb in the perfect, as evidenced by the impossibility of do support. –
7 févr. 2016 · I do have is emphatic. (Like saying I really have money.) The short answer in most cases is just Yes, I do. Short answers are ellipted so that you don't have to repeat the whole sentence: — Do you have money? — Yes, I do have money.
For Primary auxiliaries (be/have/do), and Modal auxiliaries (will, would, can, could, may, might, shall, should, must, ought to, used to): Simply reverse the statement to form the question. For all others use ‘do’ to form questions: Place the verb before the subject.
The Collins dictionary (online) has only to afford to do. Obviously for AmE the problem is a bit different, but I would say the normal verb construction is to afford + to-infinitive. But I'm not astonished that some people in spoken language use the gerund after to afford. Simply because the borderline between to-infinitive and gerund after a ...
2) "Where do you come from" sounds kind of awkward and outdated. I think this is because it includes the present-tense verb "do" in a question about a past-tense action (coming from somewhere). This is perfectly understandable and you can say this if you prefer - I'd still suggest the other way though.
Just saw this: "prefer ~ing" / "prefer to infinitive" and I am wondering if there are any differences between "prefer doing" and "prefer to do". I have read a book about grammar that says there is a subtle difference between them, and I would like to confirm this concept. Am I right about the following? gerund: refers to a habit. e.g.: I prefer ...
