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I have never seen an aardvark, but next year I may do. --> wrong, because no two helping verbs are used together in this respect Yes. I have never seen more aardvarks than I did last year. --> this is also fine for the same reason that helping verbs can change tenses as long as there's no change in...
- by arias
Thu May 07, 2015 8:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Helping verbs in different tenses
- Replies: 19
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This question is particularly tricky because it employs two different uses of the pronoun IT. As others have pointed out, the subject is plural - RAINFALL and TEMPERATURE. This means that we can't use the subject pronoun "it" in the original sentence, as it would refer to a plural subject...
- by arias
Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:44 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Japan's rainfall
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1868
Thanks Ron &b babybearmm for the wonderful discussion. I have another question about the to do modifier. CEO announced plans Wednesday to cut the company’s huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months. BTW, this question is reversed from OG13-68. I have two interpr...
- by arias
Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Noting that the company's network is vulnerable
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7553