what is meant by 'to be' ? will be ? , has been? have been? was being?
Be and Been ?
Apparently its a verb .
Answer . You, ? I ? They? It?
These things describe what words do in a sentence,
There are eight classes of what words are doing in a sentence. The classes are split into two groups open and closed.
What words are doing
Group one : Open Class
Nouns : name things
Adjectives : describe things
Verbs : name the action of things . Use these to make your writing precise.
Adverbs : describe the action
Group two : Closed Class
Pronoun : I , You , Us , They
Preposition: On , Under , Over , At (time) Have "she could have brought her ipod to class, Among. " the last piece of chocolate cake was divided among the three brothers" by "it is easy to win by cheating " during "my uncle was killed during the war"
An indeclinable word or particle governing (and usu. preceding) a noun, pronoun, etc., and expressing a relation between it and another word.
A preposition is used to link nouns, pronouns and phrases
Determiner
Conjunctions
Pariticiples :
A non-finite part of a verb, used either in compound verb forms with an auxiliary verb expressing tense and voice, or as an adjective.
A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective. e.g . A tired man . I'm tired.To be able to choose pronouns correctly, you must learn to identify clauses. A clause is a group of words containing a verb and subject.
Abridged dependent clauses
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Some dependent adverbial clauses are incomplete and leave out 'both' subject and main verb.
The subject of the main clause then becomes the subject of the dependent clause as well, with some meaning of the verb 'to be' understood (e.g. When buying a computer, you should seek professional advice = When you are buying a computer, you should seek professional advice)
