Tom Ellis
Jul 13, 2023

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Good point. For example, the auxiliary "did" in interrogative formations takes the stripped infinitive form of the verb ("Did X have...?" not the simple past tense ("Did it had...?") This is a second-language error; you would rarely find it in a native speaker.

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Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis

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I am a retired English professor now living in Oregon, and a life-long environmental activist, Buddhist, and holistic philosopher.

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