Knowing where to put the verb in Swedish sentences is a common issue for Swedish learners, so don’t feel disheartened if you often make this kind of mistake. Hopefully this guide will help.

Technically, this idiom flies in the face of the basic difference between “lay” and “lie.” As any grammar book will tell you, “lay” is a transitive verb and “lie” is intransitive.

But for prepositional verbs, the main stress is on the verb. I completely agree with you. For more practice of phrasal verbs, go to Unit 21 of our Intermediate Course.

Tenses Chart with Examples PDF: Check and download PDF of tenses chart to know about tenses, their types and rules for making sentences.

Learn the definition of a verb with examples and how you can use verbs in your writing with this Bitesize Primary English guide.

Journalists and politicians are perhaps some of the most educated people, yet, just like in the Bard's best works, you can find grammatical errors in any Hansard or broadsheet you care to look at ...