Most learners of English get to know soon enough that a verb is a word that describes an action, condition or experience, but not many are able to confidently distinguish main verbs from auxiliary ...

There are three basic kinds of verbs plus many subclasses. Here we cover only the three basic types. Initially, verbs are divided into main verbs and auxiliary verbs. Then auxiliary verbs are divided ...

Two years after asking the very instructive the questions about auxiliary and linking verbs that this column answered last week, South Africa-based Forum member Spelling asked if it was true that ...

Have you ever thought about the word “do”? My advice is don’t. The word “do” is one of the bugbears of English that make our language incredibly difficult to master — for nonnative speakers and even ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

Anwar Hassan from Egypt asks about the grammatical differences between British and American English. Nyu Shvei from Hong Kong wants to know when to use 'I didn't go home' and 'I wouldn't go home'.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Irregular verbs are the bane of any effort to learn English, but new research looking at how language evolves suggests frequent use keeps pesky irregular verbs like "take" from ...

Anwar Hassan from Egypt asks about the grammatical differences between British and American English. Nyu Shvei from Hong Kong wants to know when to use 'I didn't go home' and 'I wouldn't go home'.