 Jackson6612 wrote: |
can,coud; will, would; shall, should; may, might; must and ought are auxiliary verbs. CB, I don't think they have infinitives, such as to shall, to may etc.
CB said: ''There are two infintives in both the active and the passive voices in English.''
What are these two infinitives?
Your teacher may have discussed the sequence of tenses.
Your teacher might have discussed the sequence of tenses.
What is difference between the meanings of above two sentences? |
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Jackson, your thinking is right. You have misundersood me. There is no such infinitive as
to shall etc. The
infinitive is used
in connection with the auxiliaries:
I will
write it. It will
be written
I will
have written it. It will
have been written.
They would
write it. It would
be written.
They would
have written it. It would
have been written.
And so on. It would take me too long a time to discuss the defective auxiliaries in detail here. That's why I suggested you study them elsewhere.
Cheers
CB