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I was confused about “to be + past participle"
Why does the following sentence use "to be reinforced" rather than "was reinforced"
The fact that organisms evidently inherit the capacity to be reinforced by certain kinds of
event does not ...
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Using -ed vs. -ing in the “needs washed” construction
I'm from Central Pennsylvania, and apparently, we have a strange language construct in this area. I was recently talking about how "my car needs washed" to a friend from NJ, and she told me that my ...
