Please help to explain this issue on verb tense usage Dear all, recently I ran into a problem on how to explain the "did+was+watch" in the sentence provided below. "When I woke up this morning the first thing I did was watch TV." I tried to separate it into noun phrase: [ the first thing I did ] ,verb: [was], and verb phrase:[ watch TV ] but somehow my grammatical knowledge told me that the [ watch ] here needed to be changed into its gerund form. However, the paradoxical thing is, when I google it, it seems that for [ watch ] here remaining its original form is also acceptable. Please help to explain it, regarding its grammar, semantic and/or pragmatic implications. Much Appreciated. Sincerely, Evan Tsao.

Which one is correct semantically? I may buy one once I "save" enough money. & I may buy one once I "saved" enough money.

Please help to explain the grammar here. I just noticed that "let" is a verb, so how would you explain the existence of the two verbs in..."Don't let your mom cut your hair." which are let and cut?

How to have proper use of "End up with"? Hello guys I have a question needed your kindness support. The question is, could the phrase "end up with" be added a 's' to the "end" to make it a present tense like: " You should shift the register to a formal one and it better ends with an interjection." or should it not be changed?

A word to say something looks like from upper-class?

Please help to find out an appropriate word here Enhancement of the local "academic ambiance" has always been the consideration for the construction of an institution for tertiary education. I don't know whether should I use academic ambiance here to express this kind of academic-cultural enhancement. Please give some suggestions on the word selection. [For those who can read Chinese it's: 學術氣息]

Please correct me! During a short period in the Windy City, there once lived our glorious days of happiness and sorrows. Some might have been living their days uninhibited or may once suffered from frustrations; have had a college romance or have crushed on someone without an end. After all, our spirit carries on as the day we apart. Therefore, may you soar freely while carry on with the best moments and dreams you once had. Although youth fades, memories may lose its taste: Cherishing the past while not letting it become future barriers: what we posses is all we have been through.

What is the word to describe a male concubine ? Also, everyone is welcomed to provide more this kind of words for both genders. It's better to give the answer with suitable verb like: have a concubine etc. I know it's a bit creepy asking question like this, but why bother? I just being curious and wanted to find out the words unknown: which gain me sense of achievement. (laugh) What I mean here is the action that a man or a woman who is keeping a secret lover or having a formal relationship with a younger person in the opposite gender. And the older he or she is often offering the lover all of the living expenses and luxuries. Therefor, I have two questions. Which are 1. What is this kind of action(verb) called? 2. The name of the younger guy. For example, 1. Nancy _____ a fancy boy by giving him 1 million per year. 2. Nancy has a(n) _______ who costs her 1 million per year.sorry *Therefore *1 million dollars.

How to use double negative sentences properly? The story is; yesterday during a talk with my friend, I spoke up a sentence like this: "You don't like U2 are you ?" But just when I was about to spoke up, I started to realize that there is another problem to me: I don't know what would it means if I restate it into below: "You don't like U2 aren't you?" [Context] In that period just before I spoke up the sentence, I had already recognized that he might not like U2, so what I truly wanted to express here is much like to double check if he really doesn't like U2. BTW: Please tell me whether should I use mean or means in the line right after "another problem:" and "But just when I was about to [speak or spoke?] up. Really appreciate your help=) [I will choose the most helpful one and select it as a best answer to this question.][Crucial modification] Please compare, "you don't like U2 ,do you?" and " You don't like U2, don't you?"