Exist or Exists? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I have seen some texts where it is used "exist" on affirmative sentences I knew that for affirmative sentences with he she it, it must be used S at the end of the verb For example, a sentence t
Is it exist or exists? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Exist or Exists is a matter of past, present, and future with indirect context Past: The file was not found Did it ever exist? It never existed Has been (existing) is a reference to previously existed and currently exists Comparing the creation and modification time stamp indicates the file existed without change, for 17 days
Which is correct in spoken language, not exist or not exists? "something exists" is correct "Ain't no such thing" is common in spoken English, but "Ain't" is not in Standard English (Also, this use of a double negative is incorrect per Standard English ) "That exists" and "That does not exist" are Standard English, if the implied subject is singular The plural forms are "Those exist" and "Those do not
grammar - Using There exist exists with and - English Language . . . There are no conditions to it You could use either of it In the practical world, psychologically(But I haven't any proves neither there are survey or tests on it), you could use "There exists a number and two distinct elements" to make it look singular (even though it's not)
Which word is correct, existed, existent or existing? Both existing and existent could be used with something that exists, to refer to the state of existing (or existence) However, existent would evoke the sense of existence which is related to philosophy and life in general
word usage - “file doesn’t exist” or “file doesn’t exists” - English . . . The right form is: The file doeSn't exist Gramatical explanation: always when you're forming a positive sentence about a 3rd person (singular only) in present simple tense, you have to add the letter s to the verb which describeS what he doeS
exist vs. there are - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Things that exist currently or don't exist currently are subject to change But once something exists and will continue to exist, we don't say "currently" There are currently 50 states With Puerto Rico, it could be 51 Yes The United States is currently between Canada and Mexico No –
sentence construction - It already exists OR it is already existing . . . "You are the one who coined that phrase, it already exists before you even call it that way " Or "You are the one who coined that phrase, it is already existing before you even call it that way " The two sentences above I think is grammatical, but what tense should I use to clearly communicate what I am trying to say?
Is this a double negation: doesnt exist for neither X nor Y I'd prefer the negation to be clear from the start, stylistically If I start "A solution exists", it's a big change of expectation if suddenly "neither nor" arrives It seems like there's ambiguity here between two possible uses of "does (not)", it can be used for emphasis, and it can be used for negation purposes The solution could be