Demonstratives Demonstratives show where a person or thing is in relation to the speaker. There are four demonstratives in English – this, that, these and… Continue reading
Demonstratives and Possessives
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Uses of the perfect infinitive
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The perfect infinitive has the following structure: (to) have + past participle. Examples are: to have missed, to have written, to have worked, to have… Continue reading
Uses of the participle – part II
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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
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