Questions tagged with verb

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Conditional tense
I'm wondering if the following sentence correctly uses the conditional tense. The speaker uses African-American English. "If I had brought ...
conditional-present verb tense conditional 0 votes, asked 22 hours ago by Liz
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Adjectives between nouns and verbs
I am wondering which is the best way to set up this question. Is it okay to put an adjective ...
adjectives between noun and verb 0 votes, asked May 01 by Stacie Wolfe
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Usage of the word "trespass"
An answer key for a solved question paper I had said that the correct usage is to"trespass a gate". Do ...
grammar Usage verb 0 votes, edited Apr 24 by XYZZZ
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Verb forms used as other types of word
When a verb form such as a gerund is used as a noun, or an adjective or such as a ...
conversion gerund participle verb 0 votes, asked Apr 16 by Hannah Mace
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verb
Hi, In the following three sentences, is "defeated" part of the verb if I am being asked to identify the ...
main verb 0 votes, asked Apr 09 by AZTeach
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gerund or verb?
"Unexpectedly, the phone and cell phone stopped working." I know that stopped is the verb, but what is "working?" Is ...
verb 0 votes, asked Mar 18 by AZTeach
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role of being
Hi, In the sentence below, what is the role of "being?" I think that "can make" is the main verb. ...
verb 0 votes, asked Mar 04 by AZTeach
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Gerund of verb?
Sentence: Lately, my friend and I have been shopping a lot. In the above sentence I see that "have" and ...
gerund verb 0 votes, asked Feb 28 by AZTeach
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Linking verbs
Two questions: Is the verb "to mean" a linking verb? Also, how would you underline the core of this sentence: ...
linking verb nouns 0 votes, asked Feb 26 by Anne Pentilla
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What is the correct usage?
Given the two sentences:- This is a magazine from the gas station and not intended to determine proper grammar.- This ...
passive verb 0 votes, asked Feb 21 by Mike
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Proper usuage of "manifest" or "manifested"
In our proofing sessions we are divided on the proper use of the word "manifested". Some of us hold that ...
verb adjective manifest manifested 0 votes, asked Feb 07 by Tim Sherwood
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didactics
what is the difference between the usage of infinitive verb and grund to express likes and dislikes
gerund verb Infinitive likes dislikes 0 votes, asked Dec 08 '12 by genesis
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Proper verb tense and possible rewrite of paragraph
My friend suggested that I change the verb tense in the third sentense of this paragraph. I have included original ...
verb rew 0 votes, asked Jul 13 '12 by melinda lewis
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subject verb agreement
One eligibility process and one ID card simplifies/simplify the administrative burden. I believe there are two subjects, therefore the correct ...
subjects verb subject-verb agreement 0 votes, asked Jun 26 '12 by Margaret
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subject verb agreement
What is subject verb agreement?
verb subjects 0 votes, asked May 17 '12 by nthnymwaniki
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