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Bookmark or Share- Is it exist or exists? - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeIt never existed. Has been (existing) is a reference to previously existed and currently exists. Comparing the creation and modification time stamp indicates the file existed without change, for 17 days.
- Which word is correct, "existed", "existent" or "existing"?The word exist is an intransitive verb, so we don't use it in the passive voice, and we also don't use existed as an adjective. This rules out existed. Both existing and existent could be used with something that exists, to refer to the state of existing (or existence).
- Existing and existed - English Language Learners Stack Exchange1 Answer. Sorted by: 1. Neither of the sentences is English, because you need articles. However, "existed" cannot be used in this way. Forms in "-ed", which exist for most verbs, are called "past participles", and are used in two principal ways: with a form of 'have', to form a perfect tense: _Cities have existed for ten thousand years".
- Which is correct in spoken language, "not exist" or "not exists"?I know "something don't exist" and "something exists" are both correct, but when comes to spoken language, sometimes we say "not exist(s)" for short..
- It already exists OR it is already existing beforeAnd in this case it's a little more complicated. You're using the pronoun it to refer to two different things: the phenomenon (call it that) and the name (it existed). The verb exist is stative and is not usually cast in the progressive form, except as an adjectival participle: it bears a "progressive" sense inherently.
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