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What is the grammar for "it mistakenly believed" in this sentence?
it mistakenly believed
It = A subject, later referred to in the sentence by its proper name, Amtrak.
Mistakenly = The adverb form of 'Mistaken'.
Believed = The verb 'believe', in past tense.
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How to say the first time doing something, ten years ago
The first time I went to America is ten years ago.
Example #1 here has one mistake -- The event of you going to America occurred in the past, and so the verb "is" must be conjugated in the …
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In syntax, why cannot we say things like "he took walked at the park"? but can say "he took ...
A walk at the park is essentially acting as a noun phrase where the word walk is not the verb to walk but the noun walk which is a thing that people do.
Therefore, in this whole sentence, there is on …
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