Page 15 - Basic English Usage

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We prefer across to talk about a movement to the ACROSS
other side of a flat area.
It took him six weeks to walk across the desert.
(NOT ... towalceverthe desert)

across and through

The difference between across and throughis like the difference
between on and in. Across is used for a movement on a surface.
Through is used for a movement in a three-dimensional space, with
things on all sides. Compare:
We walked across the ice. We drove across the desert.
| walked through the wood. We drove through several towns.

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! waiked across the square Mahisin
| walked through the crowd
to the café. to the bar.
People swim, and ships move, across rivers, lakes etc.
The river’s too wide to swim across.
For the difference between across and over, see 4.

active verb forms

This is a list of all the affirmative active forms of an English regular verb,
with their names. For passive forms, see 238. For questions, see 270.
For negatives, see 215. For irregular verbs, see 186.
For more information about the forms and their uses, see the entry for
each one. For details of auxiliary and modal auxiliary verbs, see the
entry for each one.
future / will/shal! work, you will work, he/she/it will work, we will/shall
work, they will work
future progressive / will/shall be working, you will be working, etc
future perfect simple / will/shal/ have worked, you will have worked, etc
future perfect progressive / will/shall have been working, you will have
been working, etc
simple present work, you work, he/she/it works, we work, they work
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