Comments on: Fly, Flew, (has) Flown—-Flied?

By: Maeve

Maeve — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:38:25 +0000

frank rivera,
I’m not clear as to what you are saying is good or bad English with the kite example.

If “have” is used as a helping verb, then the form of the verb must be “flown.”

By: frank rivera

frank rivera — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:10:00 +0000

shouldn’t it be ……have you fly a kite? yes , i have flown a kite …. NOT ….. have you flown a kite? THIS IS NOT GOOD ENGLISH !

By: frank rivera

frank rivera — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:06:13 +0000

the question must be…. how many kites have you fly? well, i have flown….. that is good english a proper one

By: sw

sw — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:25:13 +0000

You cannot use did and past tense “flown” same time.

I did went (WRONG)
I did go (CORRECT)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:22:52 +0000

Prashant,

You would to ask in this way:

How many kites have you flown since morning?

In your question to all of us you wrote you want to ask your daughter “how many kites did she flown since morning”. Since you used the word “did”, you would then want to reword your question to “how many kites did she fly since morning”.

See, it’s “have flown” or “did fly”.

Hope this helps a little bit.

Amanda