Participles are also used in absolute phrases with a noun or pronoun going before them. God willing, we shall meet again. The fog having lifted,… Continue reading
Uses of the participle – part II
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Some uses of the participle – Part I
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The participle has the following uses: 1. To form the continuous and perfect tenses. Here is a quick review of the tenses that use the… Continue reading
The Participle
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Read the following sentence Seeing the snake the boy ran away. Seeing is a form of the verb see and has an object, namely snake.… Continue reading
Uses of the bare infinitive
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The infinitive can be used with or without the marker to. These two forms of the infinitive are distinguished by the terms ‘to-infinitives’ and ‘bare… Continue reading
The infinitive
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The infinitive is the base form of a verb. Examples are: write, run, break, read, walk etc. The infinitive may be preceded by the marker… Continue reading