Last week, to answer a question from an Iran-based English teacher, I started laying out the basis for why the full infinitive “to take” is the correct answer in this multiple-choice statement: “Peter ...

2. Nonfinite verbs generally do NOT have explicit subjects. Nonfinite verbs include "infinitives" (for example, to see), "gerunds" (for example, seeing), and "participles" (for example, seeing or seen ...

An earlier column discussed gerunds which, basically, are verbs with the ‘ing’ ending. This could be a bit confusing but there is a clear difference between gerunds and participial phrases.

A Facebook friend, Espie Corpuz, recently posted this grammar request on my Facebook page that serves as gateway to Jose Carillo’s English Forum: “Please discuss for everyone which is correct: (1) ...

An earlier column discussed gerunds which, basically, are verbs with the ‘ing’ ending. This could be a bit confusing but there is a clear difference between gerunds and participial phrases.