This is going to be a bit tricky to ask correctly, so sorry for making you read long, carefully crafted sentences! Sorry if it seem like excess (and it kinda is, but better safe than sorry, as I don’t want closure! If you have an edit that gets the point across but in a shorter … Read more
Should I use “have” or “has” in this question? Does she have to go to school? or Does she has to go to school? If I should use “have”, then what is the rule which makes me not use “has” here? Answer Does is the inflected verb here. It has the s because it is … Read more
In the below sentence, should “implement” need to be in a first person form or third person form as it is now? This Regulation is set up with a view to ensure that subject people comply with ruleA and ruleB, and properly implements their responsible works. Answer If implements refers to the Regulation, it must … Read more
I wonder whether it is necessary to use third-person singulars for the verbs in the step-form algorithm description, which I explain now. The first version is without third-person singulars. The algorithm A has the following steps: Compute B=f(A). Check whether g(B)=1. Output h(B). The second version uses third-person singulars. The algorithm A has the following … Read more
Shouldn’t verbs after “to do” always be infinitive? If so, then what’s the purpose of adding the suffix “-s” ? Image from Middle Earth- Shadow of Mordor || Gollum says: Don’t hurts us! Answer Gollum’s speech is consistently shown as non-standard. He regularly adds an additional “-es” to already plural words (eg “pocketses”). This is … Read more
I’m always wondering this question: what benefits can people get from using different forms of words in different contexts? For example: We say “he learns English” instead of “he learn English” but doesn’t the pronoun “he” already indicate the sentence is in 3rd person? We say “yesterday he drank too much beer” instead of “yesterday … Read more
Today I come across a video where I heard “But each time God bails Abraham out …”, however, looking at the subtitle, it is “bales Abraham…”. I thought the subtitle maker made a typo, but upon looking it up on Google, the word is actually legitimate: bail 3 verb: 3rd person present: bales scoop water … Read more
What is the correct way of writing “I will discuss” in a third person form? Answer “He/She will discuss” Or “Mary will discuss” (assuming you’re Mary) Depending on the context, you can pick either. There’s also a similar question/thread you can refer to: How can I convert this sentence from first person to third person … Read more
Is it correct to use third person ‘s’ with indefinite pronoun ‘each’? Example: If we lose, each member of our team seeks personal potentials for improvement. If so, is it also correct to use third person ‘s’ with an enumeration of indefinite pronouns ‘each’? Example: If we lose, each member, each supporter, and each associate … Read more
Here’s my specific example: Puffing, Ralphie rested her elbows on the guardrail. Body Woman was now talking to a bald super spy. (For context, Ralphie is on a balcony looking at Body Woman and the super spy.) Is this grammatically correct for what is supposed to be a third person past tense narrative, or does … Read more
