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Definition of prettify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
- Infinitives
- Verbs After Like
- Negative Sentences with Like + Verb-Ing
- Questions with Like + Verb-Ing
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Before we look at like + verb-ing, we need to learn about infinitives. 1. I want to sleep. How many verbs are here? There are two verbs. Verb 1. want and Verb 2. sleep. The verb sleep has the word TO before it. This means the verb is in its infinitive form: to sleep. To + verb is called an infinitive. To sleepis an infinitive. Normally when two ver...
With the verb LIKE there are two ways of putting a verb after it. You can say: 1. I like to sleep. (This is like + infinitive – which we have already seen) But with the verb LIKE, we frequently use a verb ending in ING after it. 1. I like sleeping. Sleeping is a verb ending in ING. Another example. You can say: 1. I like to eatchocolate. …. OR you ...
To make negative sentences we use the rules of DON’T and DOESN’T before like. 1. I like writing essays. … becomes … I don’t like writingessays. 2. He likes mowing the lawn. … becomes … He doesn’t like mowingthe lawn. Remember there is no S at the end of the verb in negative sentences and questions. More examples of negative sentences with like + ve...
To make questions we use the rules of DO and DOES at the beginning of the question. 1. They like playingchess. To make a question with they we use DO at the beginning, so it becomes… 1. Do they like playing chess? Another example: 1. She likes bakingcakes. To make a question with she we use DOES at the beginning, so it becomes… 1. Does she like bak...
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The earliest known use of the verb prettify is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for prettify is from 1661. prettify is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pretty adj., ‑fy suffix.
To make pretty, esp in a trivial fashion; embellish.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
PRETTIFY definition: 1. to make something pretty: 2. to make something pretty: . Learn more.
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