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Mechanical Monday: Stative Verbs

by NatashaDeen | May 21, 2012 | Mechanical Monday

Last week, we were talking about these little guys. SVs describe a state, something that remains static. The wind feels wonderful. I like it, a lot. You could say The wind is feeling wonderful and I am liking it a lot, but it just sounds weird. The nice thing about...

Mechanical Monday: The Perfect Progressive Tenses

by NatashaDeen | May 14, 2012 | Mechanical Monday

The PPT describes an action just completed or an action that’s occurring right before a second event. Clear as mud? Yeah, me too. I find this stuff confusing when it’s defined, but a little simpler when I see it. The PPT form is have + been + present...

Mechanical Monday – The Perfect Tenses

by NatashaDeen | May 7, 2012 | Grammar, Mechanical Monday

You know this little cutie because it’s form is: have + past participle. Its function is to tell you about something occurring before a second time/event. “He has already slept.” (the present moment is the second event…he’s slept before...

Mechanical Monday: Progressive/Continuous Tenses

by NatashaDeen | Apr 30, 2012 | Mechanical Monday

The progressive tenses convey an action that is happening at a particular time”which is a little like the simple tenses, but I think”I think”the difference is the progressive is putting us in that particular moment. So, while the ST says œIt will snow tomorrow, which...

Mechanical Monday: Simple Tense

by NatashaDeen | Apr 23, 2012 | Mechanical Monday

I always thought there were three tenses: past, present, and future. As usual, when it comes to grammar, I was wrong. There are simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive. Yeah, a lot¦and kind of an acrobatic feat to wrap your brain around. Today: The...

Monday Mechanics: Misused Words*

by NatashaDeen | Sep 12, 2011 | Mechanical Monday

Allude: to hint at something; an indirect reference. Elude: to escape. *From White & Strunk, & Merriam Webster.

Mechanical Monday: Stative Verbs

Mechanical Monday: The Perfect Progressive Tenses

Mechanical Monday – The Perfect Tenses

Mechanical Monday: Progressive/Continuous Tenses

Mechanical Monday: Simple Tense

Monday Mechanics: Misused Words*

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