Vickie wrote:
> On Jun 24, 8:22 pm, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 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" :-)
>>
>>> 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? Verb?
>>
>>> Sherlockette
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Well, not exactly. It helps a (real) verb, right? (and a sentence has
to
>> have a (real) noun and a (real) verb, and, it ain't quite there yet.
:-).
>
> 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. (Man,
>> it's
>> been a long time).
>
> And I cannot believe you didn't tell me google is my friend!
Yes indeed. Google is your friend, or should be. :-)
Did I ever tell you the story about the fish? "Teach a man to catch a
fish, and... :-)
> Auxiliary? Cool.
>
>>
>> How about this one:
>> He ought to go.... GO is the REAL verb here.
>>
>> "to go"??? Hmmm, and isn't that an infinitive verb tense? (You may
>> remember better, as you're younger. I just can't remember all the way
>> back to HS, and the good ole days of Teddy Roosevelt very well,
anymore).
>
> Yeah, yeah.
LOL.
> Yes, it is an infinitive verb tense. I do remember that from
> studying other languages.
>
> Vickie
OK then!
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