On Jun 24, 8:22=A0pm, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> Vickie wrote:
> > On Jun 24, 11:19 am, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
> >> Vickie wrote:
> >>> On Jun 24, 12:00 am, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Vickie wrote:
> >>>>> Mom of 4- you are in good company!
>
> >>>>> Hey Bill and Xorra. :-))
>
> >>>>> V
>
> >>>> Indeed!
>
> >>> Glad you got it. :-)
>
> >>> Vickie
>
> >> "Elementary, my dear Watsonette" =A0:-)
>
> > You know, no one can name their child Sherlock, otherwise whenever the
> > poor soul asked an innocent question the response would be, "No sh**,
> > Sherlock".
>
> LOL!
>
> > And totally unrelated..., what kind of word is ought? =A0Verb?
>
> > Sherlockette
>
> :-)
>
> Well, not exactly. =A0 =A0It helps a (real) verb, right? =A0(and a
senten=
ce has to
> have a (real) noun and a (real) verb, and, it ain't quite there yet.
=A0:=
-).
So to say to someone, "Well, you ought to!" is not a complete
sentence then?
>
> It's called an auxiliary verb, and I just looked up the term. =A0 (Man,
i=
t's
> been a long time).
And I cannot believe you didn't tell me google is my friend!
Auxiliary? Cool.
>
> How about this one:
> He ought to go.... =A0 =A0 =A0GO is the REAL verb here.
>
> "to go"??? =A0 =A0Hmmm, and isn't that an infinitive verb tense? =A0
=A0(=
You may
> remember better, as you're younger. =A0 =A0 I just can't remember all
the=
way
> back to HS, and the good ole days of Teddy Roosevelt very well
anymore).-
Yeah, yeah.
Yes, it is an infinitive verb tense. I do remember that from
studying other languages.
Vickie
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