What Are Helping Verbs? I am a person small in stature, which is something my three boys will probably figure out someday. I am not tiny per se, but I am a bit on the short side. This means that when I need to reach something that’s on the top shelf at the store or...
What Are Irregular Verbs? There is an old Japanese saying that goes something like this: “A nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” Sure, there are advantages to being normal or regular. Regular verbs in English are relatively easy to form in different tenses. Being...
What Are Linking Verbs? In elementary school, I learned that verbs were the action of a sentence. They are what a person, animal or thing does. English is a bit too complex to completely simplify verbs that way. You’ve got true action verbs, helping verbs, regular...
What Are Past Modal Verbs? “Shoulda, coulda, woulda” is a common slang term in the English language (and one that I use far too often) that means there’s no point in dwelling on how something should have, could have or would have been different. Some people change up...
What Are Regular Verbs in English? There are many instances in life where a sense of normalcy or regularity is good. There is a bit of comfort in knowing that I get to wake up in the morning, tiptoe downstairs to work at my computer, get my kids breakfast when they...
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