Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
verbs to be OR be verbs
1. Be verbs can be followed by these 3 kinds of words: nouns, adjectives, and prepositions.
2. Verbs to be can be followed by these 3 kinds of words: nouns, adjectives, and prepositions.
A Taiwanese teacher of English said that sentence #1 is incorrect because native speakers do not use the expression "be verb."
He insisted the idiomatic expression is "verb to be." Can any native speaker make some comments?
2. Verbs to be can be followed by these 3 kinds of words: nouns, adjectives, and prepositions.
A Taiwanese teacher of English said that sentence #1 is incorrect because native speakers do not use the expression "be verb."
He insisted the idiomatic expression is "verb to be." Can any native speaker make some comments?
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