Hi. I was looking at the words to the song named "We are the champions" by Queen through the Korean music website bugs.co.kr and this is the initial part of the song as shown there. I've paid my dues, time after time I've

. It is the auxiliary of the past perfect aspect. It is in brackets because it is optional. .

I found a website that could help you. I'll quote part of it for you: "May/might is an example of a modal auxiliary verb. The distinction between may and might has to do with the tense (present, past etc.) and/ or mood (indicative/

Thank you Grammar Geek. Thus, since the negatives in my examples aren't going in a row, they are both used for the sake of ease of comprehension, one referring to the auxiliary verb and the other referring to the adverb, am I getting it

I have a bit of an assignment to do and I was hoping someone could help me out with the sentence "forms" My marker sentences are: a) I needn't have washed the car. b) I managed to move the fridge. c) When we arrived, they were

. We never use the 3 words together. 'Has' and' have' are non-past tense. I have a sandwich every day, and Bill has soup . 'Had' is the past tense. I had a sandwich yesterday. 'Have' is used in several future verb

there have yet to be satisfactory answers Basic sentence: There are answers. Add an auxiliary: There have been answers. There had been answers. Add a modal: There will be answers. There should be answers. There may be answers. Add a semi-modal:

Is 'might' a past tense form of 'may'? It depends on whom you ask. You certainly cannot always use might as a past tense of may but the sequence of tenses requires might in sentences like this: I knew that he might know the

Belong = relational You're highlighting the auxiliary verbs which are used to show tense, rather than the lexical verbs, which are the verbs that are analysed in terms of processes. I suggest you have a look at verbal groups. E.g have had

. Me too; I misspoke-- probably misled myself by 'will'. The use of 'will' here is not future, though it does indicate 'the speaker's estimate of the event based on some knowledge', as I said-- it is the use of the