Once, off the air, I heard a prominent talk show host say ... Sometimes they marginalize the past form in favor of the participle. If you take French beyond a certain point, you have to ...

Past participles confuse a lot of people. Take it from someone whose Boston-area in-laws opt for forms like “I should have ate” and “I could have went.” When we need a verb form to go ...

That past participle is the one that goes with “have,” “has” or “had.” The progressive participle is the “ing” form. Sometimes you’ll see multiple options listed, which means you ...

Participle clauses use a present or past participle in a clause instead of a typical subject + verb form. There are different kinds of participle clauses for different situations. In this week's ...