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What are helping verbs in a verb phrase she had heard the figure skaters were arriving?
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Is the phrase would have looked a helping verb?
A phrase has 2/3 verbs so it cannot be a helping verb. A verb phrase can contain a helping verb.would = a modal auxiliary verb.have = auxiliary verblooked = main verb, past of lookIn this verb phrase have is the helping verb
Is late an adjective or adverb in the sentence I hate arriving late?
The word late is an adverb, but it is the object of the participle "arriving" and the participial phrase "arriving late" is the object of the sentence (what I hate).
Another phrase for 'helping the poor'?
charity
Is had become a helping verb phrase?
Yes it is
What is the idiom or the phrase for helping crimnals?
aiding and abetting
What does a verb phrase include?
A verb phrase includes the main verb and any auxiliary (helping) verbs or particles that accompany it. It can also include objects, complements, and adverbs that modify the action of the main verb.
What figure of speech is the phrase out of the blue?
idiom
What does this phrase mean ninety-nine times out of a hundred?
it means that skaters rule and everyone elce stinks but the skaters familys owns ! Actually, ninety-nine times out of a hundred means that there is a 99 percent probability that an event will occur.
What part of speech is can be?
It's a verb, a compound verb made from the infinitive stem "be" and the auxiliary "can". In addition, "Can be" can be a helping verb phrase, e.g. "Tom can be helping the younger kids". Can be is helping the verb helping.
Another word for figure out?
Determine, analyze, examine . . . .these are all synonyms for the phrase "figure out".
Is part of a prepositional phrase?
Yes, I am still trying to figure out what kind of a prepositional phrase it is though.
What figure of speech is the phrase make believe?
idiom
