English Grammar in English - John Dow

... called INFLECTIONS, that is, regular changes in their form under certain conditions. For example, nouns can take a plural inflection, usually by adding an -s at the end: car -- cars dinner -- dinners ... car -- cars dinner -- dinners book -- books Verbs also take inflections: walk -- walks -- walked -- walking 1.1.3 The position or `environment' of a word in a...

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 13:15

... the verb. Infinitives with to are referred to specifically as TO-INFINITIVES, in order to distinguish them from BARE INFINITIVES, in which to is absent: To-infinitive Bare infinitive Help ... have an -s ending, while in [3] and [4], they have an -ed ending. These endings are known as INFLECTIONS, and they are added to the BASE FORM of the verb. In [1], for instance, the -s in...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... using a main verb, we cannot invert: [John sings] in the choir ~*[Sings John] in the choir? Instead, we have to use the auxiliary verb do: [John sings] in the choir ~[Does John sing] in ... the verb. Infinitives with to are referred to specifically as TO-INFINITIVES, in order to distinguish them from BARE INFINITIVES, in which to is absent: To-infinitive Bare...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 03:18

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Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 08:22

... yesterday -& gt; The cat was killed yesterday.( not by some one ) People speak English in Brazil -& gt; English was spoken in Brazin. People speak English in Brazil -& gt; English was spoken in Brazin. ... worse - the worse. - - good - better - the best good - better - the best ` ` GV: TRIEU THI KIM THONG – THCS TIEN KIEN GV: TRIEU THI KIM TH...

Ngày tải lên: 31/05/2013, 00:22

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2013, 16:54

... stopped doing some things and started doing other things. studying hard He stopped going to bed early smoking He started going out every evening running 3 miles every morning Spending a lot of money ... 19.2 Put in since or for. 1 It’s been raining ...................... i got up this morning. 2 Tom’s father has been a policeman ...................... 20 years. 3 Have you been learning Eng...

Ngày tải lên: 16/08/2013, 19:10