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You Asked Me This Question / Do I ask "(Have you had a look, Did you have a look) at the documents?'?"

« on: March 30, 2020, 03:58:59 AM »

Hello. Can you please help with this:  At the start of the weekend I ask someone to have a look at some documents over the weekend. What do I ask that person on Monday morning; Have you had a look at the documents?, or Did you have a look at the documents?

Thank you.

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You Asked Me This Question / Re: 'To' - small word, big confusion.

« on: August 19, 2018, 01:48:13 PM »

Thank you so much.

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You Asked Me This Question / 'To' - small word, big confusion.

« on: August 17, 2018, 02:28:29 AM »

Good day.

I am struggling to understand the difference between "Come here" and "Come to me". I know when to use 'to', but I cannot explain it to someone.

What is the part of speech of 'to' in the 2nd sentence above? Adverb?

Why don't we say "Come to here, come to upstairs, come to home", but we do say "Come to church, come to me, come to town"?

As always, looking forward to your answer.

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You Asked Me This Question / Re: Why the word "bloom" has no "s" in "Plant a tree and see hope bloom"

« on: May 25, 2018, 08:42:40 AM »

Thank you for another comprehensive and helpful answer.

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You Asked Me This Question / Why the word "bloom" has no "s" in "Plant a tree and see hope bloom"

« on: May 23, 2018, 03:06:09 AM »

Hello. I saw the following on a flowery calendar: "Plant a tree and see hope bloom." Why is there not an 's' at the end of 'bloom'? (Isn't it a subject-agreement error?)

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You Asked Me This Question / Have as auxiliary in simple present tense.

« on: November 18, 2016, 05:34:33 PM »

Good day

Can you please tell me if the verb 'have' is ever used as an auxiliary in the present tense? As full verb it can be used in a sentence like: "I have a book". Is that correct?

The verb 'be'  in the simple present tense can be used as an auxiliary, as in "Windows are made of glass". Is that correct?

The verb 'do' in the simple present tense can be used as an auxiliary, as in "Does he play tennis?" Is that correct?

Are these 3 verbs refered to as special verbs or non-continuous verbs?

Thank you again.
Annelize

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You Asked Me This Question / Re: Do as a full verb

« on: October 16, 2016, 09:44:37 PM »

Thank you. I appreciate your answer.

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You Asked Me This Question / Do as a full verb

« on: October 14, 2016, 06:02:26 PM »

Good day

Consider the simple present sentence: "He does an exercise". Is "does" in this sentence the full verb?

If you look at the negative of the same sentence: "He does not do an exercise." Which is the full verb and which is the helping verb?

Thank you.

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You Asked Me This Question / Does the term "SMS" have a plural form?

« on: October 14, 2014, 03:22:49 PM »

Good day,

What is the correct way to write the plural form of SMS?

Thank you.

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You Asked Me This Question / Auxiliary verbs

« on: September 06, 2014, 12:36:28 PM »

Good day,

There are 3 auxiliary verbs; do, be and have.

Am I correct that the different forms are as follow;

do - do, does, did
be - am, is, are
have - have, has, had?

Thank you.

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You Asked Me This Question / Re: Did/have

« on: September 06, 2014, 12:33:21 PM »

Thank you, sir.  I see that I did not formulate my question well.  What I wanted to know is if there is a difference in tense? Sorry.

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You Asked Me This Question / Did/have

« on: August 18, 2014, 05:19:01 PM »

Hello,

What is the difference between: "Did you get my message?" and "Have you received my message?".

Thank you.

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You Asked Me This Question / What’s the difference between "for ever" and "forever"?

« on: September 16, 2013, 04:32:05 PM »

Hi there,

What is the difference between 'for ever' and 'forever'?

Thank you.

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You Asked Me This Question / Re: Singular/Plural

« on: January 11, 2013, 04:16:35 PM »

Hi there,

My goodness, or, as we say in Afrikaans:
 "Sjoe!" It will take me days to study your answer!!!

Thank you very much.

I sent an e-mail to the person that is handling the orders for your books.  He has not replied yet.  Must I give some more time? Will he get back to me?

Have a nice day!

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You Asked Me This Question / Singular/Plural

« on: January 09, 2013, 05:25:23 PM »

Hi there!
 
Happy New Year!

Can you please clarify the following;

Do the following words take singular verbs and other singular forms like "is, does, has?"

Anything, anybody, anyone, somebody, someone, everybody, everyone, no-one, all of them, another one, each, either.

Do the following words take plural verbs and other plural forms like, "are, do, have?"

Both, few, many, others, several.

Thank you,
Annelize