I thought this thread was settled five years ago, but: As I found myself doing when I worked for a short stretch in the UK, ex-pats often pick up European usage. label /ˈleɪbl/ verb (labels, labelling, labelled; US labels, labeling, labeled) 1 attach a label to. 2 assign to a category, especially inaccurately. 3 Biology & Chemistry make (a substance, cell, etc.) identifiable using a label ...
@gengo I see "mention" as the main verb and "be" as an auxiliary verb in "it can also be mentioned". Am I wrong? I'm not that good at labeling grammatical parts, so I can't be sure. Maybe I'm the one who is wrong.
There's a whole lot of difference between the two; Not knowing something and rejecting it or labeling it. Worth noting we are dealing with slang words, the name speaks for itself.
Hi all, I have an exercise in which I have to choose between "He has recently retired" and "He has recently been retired". Because "retired" can be Vpp and adj, so I think they are both correct. Can you tell me which one you choose, and why? Thank you very much.
Hola, Lautaro. Just a problem in terminology (= labeling of tenses). Hope you don't mind. "We have been receiving", definitely. The construction is just like that of the present perfect: Verb to have + past participle (third column) but a gerund present participle is added. In the other case you are using two gerunds present participles. GS
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