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Please tell me where I can use the "would had had + something" constructionThe only form possible after a modal verb is a bare infinitive. This should be would have had. CJ

CalifJim wrote: The examples in that other thread had no modal verbs, but the examples you just gave here do. I wonder if that has something to do with it. Uh, probably! That could be an important factor... In some sentences those adverbs seem to be more acceptable than in others, and the...

Hmm. The examples in that other thread had no modal verbs, but the examples you just gave here do. I wonder if that has something to do with it. CJ

I saw that video on Google some time ago... it's weird! LOLMy cat can only say "meow". I tried to teach her some English, but she doesn't understand the present perfect and I don't know how make it clear to her. And she can't even understand the basic modal verbs! So I think I'll just let her say...

CalifJim wrote:need is a normal verb in the affirmative, a normal or modal verb in the negative.(Don't forget to change the affirmative-negative polarity in the tag.)You need money, don't you? CJ So that means I can write: I needn't do that, need I? right?

need is a normal verb in the affirmative, a normal or modal verb in the negative. (Don't forget to change the affirmative-negative polarity in the tag.) You need money, don't you? CJ

If I understand your questions correctly, then 'yes' to all of them. You can apply the same rules to quoted or parenthesized content. Quoted contents are free to assume many grammatical roles. Your two examples in italics are correct, except need is a modal verb in the negative, so it...

Is Are these sentences correct? - He maybe are a doctor. - He maybe is coming. - He maybe will travel tomorrow. No. You need these. Use maybe at the beginning or use the modal verb may. Maybe he is a doctor. / He may be a doctor. Maybe he is coming. / He may be...

Palmer (The English Verb) treats had better and would rather as idiomatic "marginal verbs" acting as modals. Note that they are not real verbs but more like modal verbs because they cannot occur in various tenses. Compare: I | must | go. I | had better | go. I | can | go. I | would...

Alex, Here's the mistake. because "had to" is a modal as wellIt's sometimes called a 'semi-modal', because it is like the modal must in meaning. Nevertheless, its grammar is exactly the same as for any non-modal verb, like want, like, or prefer. would have wanted to have seen would have...