Conversate Origins Occurrences of the term have been found in documents dating back to the mid 1800s. The term was used in spoken communication, primarily among members of the African American community, long before that. Is it conversing or Conversating? Converse functions as a noun, adjective, and verb, and conversateRead More →
She said that she would buy some eggs. … The candidate said that he wouldn’t increase taxes. … Why didn’t you bring your umbrella? Can would be used in past tense? We can use would to talk about repeated past actions that don’t happen any more. … would for pastRead More →
Past tense verbs refer to actions or events in the past. They can be regular verbs that simply end with a “d” or an “ed” or they can be irregular and change their spelling to show the past tense. For example: “beat” becomes (I beat him at baseball.) Is silenceRead More →
Past tense verbs refer to actions or events in the past. They can be regular verbs that simply end with a “d” or an “ed” or they can be irregular and change their spelling to show the past tense. For example: “beat” becomes (I beat him at baseball.) Is silenceRead More →
No, bandie is not in the scrabble dictionary. Is Rabid a bad word? Yes, rabid is in the scrabble dictionary. Is Baklava a proper noun? What type of word is baklava? As detailed above, ‘baklava’ is a noun. What baklava means in Spanish? Español. baklava, baclava n. (sweet flaky pastryRead More →
past tense of snow is snowed or snew. How do you say snow in past tense? 1 Answer. The past participle of snow is has snowed. Why is it snowed and not SNEW? Today snow is a regular verb, forming both its past tense and its past participle simply byRead More →
Start your affirmations with “I” or “My.” Because you’re making a statement about yourself, it’s most effective if it starts with you. “I choose to be positive” is much better than “Positive thoughts are coming into my mind.” Write your affirmations in the present tense. Can you manifest in pastRead More →
Would, should and could are three auxiliary verbs that can be defined as past tenses of will, shall, and can; however, you may learn more from seeing sentences using these auxiliaries than from definitions. Examples of usage follow. Is can a past tense or present tense? The verb can isRead More →
The past is the most common convention in the use of tense for fiction writing, which makes it the most familiar narrative tense for readers. Sometimes this familiarity works against authors who chose to compose their narrative in the present—some readers are dismiss those texts outright. Why do authors writeRead More →