Questions tagged [verb-forms]
Use this tag for questions about which form of a verb to use in particular circumstances. Questions about tense (time reference) and aspect should also use those tags.
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five more to come OR five more coming
I have made up the examples below.
(1) I said to my customer, "You ordered fifteen packages of toilet paper. I'm going to get them for you right now." (After one minute) I said to him, "...
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Why isn't it 'until death does us part'?
'Death' is a single form or at least an uncountable noun. Why is the wedding vow 'until death do us part' rather than 'until death does us part'?
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Be important to do/doing
Recycling is important to help protect our planet’s natural resources and to help fight climate change.
https://www.wychavon.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/recycling
Is that the correct form of the verb？ ...
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Can "whose" be replaced with "with the/a" in this sentence? Which sentence is better?
I wrote a simple Email whose goal was to inform friends and family about the party.
Can the "whose" in the sentence be replaced with "with a/the" to make the sentence like:
I ...
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Before I found out vs. Before finding out
Non-native speaker here.
Could someone explain the difference between these two?
I had messaged them ten times before I found out they cut ties with our company.
I had messaged them ten times before ...
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When I tell a story in the past, shouldn't I use past tense when the verbs are describing states?
I asked someone to correct my sentence in the other site, the sentence is:
I saw her yelling at her boyfriend, but he seemed to be indifferent.
They corrected the sentence for the usage of the tense ...
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'to persuade' or 'persuade'
I'm struggling to find an appropriate answer. In the sentence below, 'persuade' confuses me since it seems to me this word should take a -to before itself.
Original BBC article:
Researchers have been ...
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"heat" or "heating" after a colon
I'm wondering whether "heat" or "heating" should be used in the following:
Try this physical experiment: heat/heating air so that it expands.
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"There has to be" vs "there have to be" [duplicate]
Which form to choose for the verb "have"?
There have to be other solutions...
There has to be other solutions...
Somehow, both sound correct. I chose the first one, but isn't the second ...
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Why does the following sentence uses present participle "teaching" instead of present tense "teach"？
Several months ago, a trade association invited me to be its keynote speaker on networking and teaching people to be better conversationalists.
I have read the above sentence in a book. In my ...
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Why the verb "come" in this sentence has this form?
In a movie, I'm watching, one of the detectives investigating a case of a missing woman(Amy) says
to one of his co-workers:
"Amy's medical records come in?"
and she receives a reply:
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If you asked him what his name was/is
Are these sentences interchangeable?
If you asked him what his name was, he wouldn’t tell you.
If you asked him what his name is, he wouldn’t tell you.
I think it is wrong to use “is” in this ...
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What is the right verb form for "this is the first time ..."
-A: Nice handwriting
-B:
This is the first time someone says this to me.
This is the first time someone has said this to me?
This is the first time someone is saying this to me.
Which ones are ...
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What is the verb form of "trajectory"?
What is the verb form of trajectory?
I looked up trajectorize but there's no such word.
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is the grammar correct: did you get vaccinated?
is the grammar correct in the question?
did you get vaccinated?
I know we are not supposed to use past tense for verb with did but I can't understand this one.
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