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
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
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
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
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
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