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Hi,
Can someone help me with the following sentences. I need to know exactly which grammar rule is being broken in the following sentence.
1. I have in debt.
2. It is important to don't worry.
Now in the first one i know it should be 'I am in debt.' And in the second one it should be 'It is important not to worry.'
All i need is a grammatical explanation.:-?
#1 is not about a 'rule'. It is simply that in English we BE (am/is/are/etc), not HAVE (have/has/etc), in debt. We can HAVE a debt/debts or BE a debtor.
#2. We use the auxiliary DO to form the negative of:
the present simple: I go, I don't go
the past simple: I saw, I didn't see
the imperative: be, don't be.
We don't use it for the negative of:
the gerund: I enjoy working, I enjoy not working
the infinitive: to be or not to be
Or,
I am _____ in debt.
Thanx fivejedjon..you're the only one who has actually EXPLAINED it..i asked so many teachers but everyone made it sooo complicated..thanx again..
I can't help feeling that fivejedjon would have appreciated your thanks more if you taken the trouble to write the word in full and capitalised I.Quote:
Originally Posted by saym
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