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My understanding is that would is always a modal verb and always an auxiliary verb, so I'm not sure I understand the question. would is the backshifted form both of will and of would, if that's what you mean. I think that this will be the best choice. I thought that this would be the best...

Suppose we have the following sentence "I think that a direct object would be the best choise in this case". Can i transfer it into the past with "would" remaining its modal meaning, not the past of "will". I mean, if i write " I thought that direct object would be the best choise in this...

Alienvoord, I appreciate you're constructive criticism. Allow me to rebute:1) Comprehensible, yes. But many expressions are comprehensible even without being gramatically sound. The nuances I try to reveal in this post are to help you write better gramatically, not to sound or to write...

A grammar book I use lists the following as the modal auxiliaries:can/couldmay-mightwill/wouldshall/shouldmust oughtand the following as modal-like auxiliaries:had betterhave gotget (to) have (to)be ablebe supposedbe boundI've never heard of usedn't, or You do not ought to stop smoking. I would...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:there are some oddities I have just dug up in a grammar book and in which you might be interested:Marginal modal auxiliaries:used to, ought to, need, dareused to:He usedn't to smoke.He did not use to smoke.He used to drink, did he not.Did he use to drink?ought to:Ought I...

there are some oddities I have just dug up in a grammar book and in which you might be interested: Marginal modal auxiliaries: used to, ought to, need, dare used to: He usedn't to smoke. He did not use to smoke. He used to drink, did he not. Did he use to drink? ought...

How can I decide which the operator is in a sentence? The modal verbs (can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must), be, and do and have in some circumstances are the operators. Their negated contracted forms are also operators (can't, doesn't, etc.) They are nearly...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:"This is the only form you need fill in" I saw it in a grammar book. Why is it correct? I believe 'need' can only be used this way as modal auxiliary verb when in non-affirmative structures. Is this structure a such one? I do not think so. You are right in your...

"This is the only form you need fill in" I saw it in a grammar book. Why is it correct? I believe 'need' can only be used this way as modal auxiliary verb when in non-affirmative structures. Is this structure a such one? I do not think so.

A. The present perfect in the passive: A new house has been built. Two new houses have been built.B. The perfect infinitive in the passive: The perfect infinitive is usually used with a defective auxiliary (also known as a modal auxiliary). The defective auxiliaries are can, could;...