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We don't have uploaded (the file) is not correct because you have two auxiliary verbs before a past participle, do (as part of don't) and have. do, don't, does, doesn't, did, and didn't cannot be used if followed by has, have, or had followed by a past participle. So the following are all...

I have dealt with this before, I just can't remember when and in which thread. I don't know what your nationality and native language is, Anonymous, but I assume that you speak a language in which there is always a distinct difference between state and action in the passive voice; in other...

Hi redliddyI am not so sure what to say about your 'Others' group but the difference between 'Modals' and 'Semi-modals' is very clear. I have always called 'modals' defective auxiliaries, by the way, but I do know that your term is also used.With the modals you never use do in questions and...

One such grammatical distinction causing much confusion is the use of the modal auxiliaries ‘may’ and ‘might’. When used in the present tense, the two modals are almost transposable, as the difference between the two is merely a very small degree of certainty. However, it has become common...

Thanks a lot, folks!! Now I understood the difference between the two sentences!! And sorry for the misspelled of the auxiliary verb in the negative (although I typed right in the subject line!! ) Cheers PS: CB, so you have already been to Rio!! That's very nice!! I guess you enjoyed it, as...

8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) The article an is used before vowel sounds, not vowel letters. The word one is pronounced wun. The w is not a vowel sound even though the o in o-n-e is a vowel. So a must be used...

Nestor_fes wrote: 8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation). Although 'one' begins with a vowel, it is pronounced with the sound of a consonant - 'w'. 9. Miss Justine Fair listened to the two Chilean students...

Hello!! well.. this is my 1st time here, I had no idea that there were forums like this forum!So I joined and I have some questions.. I need them for my assignment!8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) 9....

Statement: "Must" is about subjective necessity and "have to" about objective necessity. If so, why can't we use "must" in the past? -Remember that "must" is a full modal verb and "have to" is not. -Remember also that all 9 core modals, are used to express the speaker's (or listener's)...

In the wider definition, there is no difference; they are the same. In a narrower definition also used, a verb phrase is only part of the predicate-- it includes only the direct verbal forms (auxiliaries, participles, etc):I have been skiing all day.I -- Subjecthave been skiing all day --...