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what the things that make verb 2 and verb 3 different
I was confised by verb 2 and verb 3. Can you explain it?
Mar 16, 2012 11:16 AM
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What is verb 1?
March 16, 2012
It sounds like you're asking about patterns like "see - saw - seen", or (Brad's example) "go - went - gone".
Basically, the past participle ("verb 3") always needs a helping verb. Always. It can't function without one. So you can say "I have seen" or "it is gone", but "it gone" and "I seen" are completely wrong; you need "it went" and "I saw" (simple past) in these cases.
You use the past participle in perfect tenses (I have seen; I had eaten; I will have spoken), hypothetical forms using "have" (I should have known; it could have sunk), or passive forms (it is known; that was eaten).
Verb 2 (past simple) is the basic past tense of the verb.
March 16, 2012
Are you talking about the simple past (e.g., "went") vs. the past participle (e.g., "gone")?
March 16, 2012
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