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Originally Posted by jack I was supposed to woke up at 8. <---why can't i use woke? i am talking about a past event?
I was supposed to wake up at 8. <---why is wake correct? |
In that construction "wake" is an infinitive. As such, it has no past tense form.
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Can you kill bill? <--correct?
or is it
Can you killed bill? <--correct?
why?
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Gain, following an auxiliary verb, such as "can", we use the base/infinitive form of the verb. "Kill" is correct.
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Does Bill needs to be killed? <--correct?
or is it?
Does Bill needs to be kill? <--correct?
Why??
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Does Bill need to be killed? We don't add an "s" after verbs used with the auxiliary "does". Use the base form.
"To be killed" is a passive infinitive. The passive voice requires A form of "to be" + the past participle of the verb, which is "killed".
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"i wanted to sat down" I know the 2nd one is correct. What kind of error is the first one? Like is it a subject verb agreement or verb form or something, so i can look this up and read more about how to use it?
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Again, "to sit" is an infinitive. That uses the base form of the verb. "Wanted" is past tense; we don't change the base form in a regular infinitive. :wink: