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Forming and Using Verb Tenses
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English speakers form many verb tenses by combining one of principal parts of the verb with one or more auxiliary verbs.
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Using Verbs
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Frequently-Confused Verbs
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Writers often confuse the verb pairs "lie" and "lay" and "sit" and "set".
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Using Verbs
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Using Verb Tenses
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A verb indicates the time of an action, event or condition by changing its form. Through the use of a sequence of tenses in a sentence or in a paragraph, it is possible to indicate the complex temporal relationship of actions, events, and conditions.
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Using Verbs
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Using Verb Tenses in Sequence
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Using verbs in correct sequence is often difficult, especially for those people whose cradle tongue is not English or whose cradle tongue does not uses a similar tense system. The situation is further complicated by the fact that context, idiom, and style play as large a role in determining tense sequence as grammatical rules.
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Using Verbs
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Using Verb Moods
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A verb may be in one of three moods: the indicative mood, the imperative mood, and the subjunctive mood.
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Using Verbs
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Using Adverbs and Adjectives
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Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and sometimes clauses and whole sentences. Adjectives are words that modify nouns and pronouns. Be careful not to use an adjective where you need an adverb. Consider the following sentences, for instance:
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Modifiers
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Using the Comparative and Superlative
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You should use the comparative form of an adjective or adverb to compare exactly two things. You can form the comparative by adding the suffix "-er" to the modifier (for some short words) or by using the word "more" with the modifier:
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Modifiers
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
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You have a certain amount of freedom in deciding where to place your modifiers in a sentence:
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Modifiers
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The Function of Phrases
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A phrase may function as a verb, noun, an adverb, or an adjective.
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Building Phrases
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Recognising Clauses
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Consider these examples:
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Building Clauses
