Quick question! use of adapt/adapted

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	Anonymous  #471531  Fri, 01 Feb 08 03:52 PM The ideal that your back-office could evolve and adapted at an equal pace to the movers and shakers in your front office is real "Hi all!  would appreciate your comments on the above, adapt or adapted?" Thanks    Anonymous

	Grammar Geek  #471558  Fri, 01 Feb 08 04:53 PM Either one, depending on your meaning. It could evolve and could adapt? Or It could evolve (and did) and as a result adapated ...?    Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Pennsylvania, USA Veteran Member (15,565) Barbara, who answers in American English.

	Pageda  #471566  Fri, 01 Feb 08 05:07 PM It could evolve and could adapt is the intention here...    Pageda Joined on Fri, Feb 1 2008 New Member (01)

	CalifJim  #471664  Fri, 01 Feb 08 10:54 PM could evolve and could adapt In that case, you definitely want adapt, not adapted.  Modal verbs (and could is one of them) are not followed by past tense or past participle forms. CJ    CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member (16,954) "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche
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	Anonymous  #472495  Mon, 04 Feb 08 03:20 PM That's great, thank you    Anonymous