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I am trying to formulate guidelines for learners of English as a foreign language with regards the use of may/might/could to express possibility. It seems to me that you can use these three modals (almost) interchangeably when expressing possibility. For example, 'Where's Mary?' 'I'm not sure....

Hela wrote:Dear teachers, Would you please correct this exercise for me? Fill in with the right preposition (simple or multiword) and put the verbs in the right tense or form: In the morning I arrived I went to call for . Hislop (be) was full of regrets, of course, but I (modal + leave)...

Dear teachers, Would you please correct this exercise for me? Fill in with the right preposition (simple or multiword) and put the verbs in the right tense or form: In the morning I arrived I went to call for Hislop. they (ruin) were ruined for nothing at all. The petition (debate) was...

Any time you use a so that clause to explain why some action was taken, to explain the intent of the action, use will (or some other modal verb with a present viewpoint) if the main clause is in the present, and use would (or some other modal verb with a past viewpoint) if the main clause is in...

Yankee wrote:Yes, Taka, that's how I see it. Thank you, Amy! Marius Hancu wrote:I see where Yankee's coming from and there's some argument for it, but the would at the end of the sentence is decisive, IMO: it's subjunctive because it's a hypothetical situation: MH,For your information: ...

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi JacksonThe Sentences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The Sentence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following 'do', 'be', 'have' or a modal verb. That means sentence 2 is...

Hi JacksonThe Sentences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The Sentence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following 'do', 'be', 'have' or a modal verb. That means sentence 2 is grammatically...

Jackson6612 wrote:1: I should not respect you. 2: Should I not respect you? 3: Shouldn't I respect you? The sentences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The sentence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject...

Jackson6612 wrote:In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following do, be, have, or a modal verb.The pronoun goes in the first possible position after do, be, have, or a modal verb. In a case where that verb is part of a contraction the first possible position is...

1: I should not respect you. 2: Should I not respect you? 3: Shouldn't I respect you? The sentences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The sentence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following do, be,...