By Modal verbs, Present tenses

Taka wrote:Remember, just because the modal verb 'would' appears in the main clause, this doesn't mean that the verb in the if clause must be in the subjunctive if the content of that clause is not presupposed to be false.The above is related to the following example sentence: He would always...

The article you quote is about the relationship between car and its. Every car must have its brakes tested. The article is not about subject-verb agreement. But since you ask, there are two grammatical facts to consider: 1. The modals (can, will, must, ...) do not change form in...

http://www.englishforums.com/English/Pleased/hvdv/Post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Subjunctive/gmkc/Post.htmIn both of the above posts, miriam has explained the subjunctive in detail but it's all quite confusing to me. I've studied subjuctive from American Heritage and Columbian Guide...

The pattern 'either of plural noun' doesn't go well with the present tense unless you have a modal verb. 1. Either of you could be right. Either of you might be right. 2. Either of the two answers will do. Both answers are correct. Each of the two answers is correct. 3. Either of these...

Yipes! My mistake-- confused by my own language! I thought we were discussing present tenses, and I thought read was pronounced /ri/ in your question. OK, in addition to my previous post; I will start...

When we talk about a subjunctive construction, I think it is easier to understand it without the 'inserted clause, I would think' becasue that way one can clearly see the cause-and-effect relationship beteween the conditional clause and the main clasue. 1. If someone tells you that you may...

CGEL: Conversion to indirect reported speech not a matter of grammatical rule There is a second respect in which we must beware of being misled by the traditonal account associating backshift with indirect reported speech. Converting into indirect reprted speech, however, is not a matter of...

JTT: Why do you think that sentence 1 "refers to T2 (present time) but sentence 2 "refers to T1 or some time between T1 and T2 (past time)"? Inanc: Simply because, 'could' is used as the past form of 'can' in most circumstances, although I know this is not true all the time....

Hello This is a garbage-like posting written by a poor English learner who has been and still now is agonized by subjunctive things which supposedly underlie English collocations. My way of understanding English grammar The English language uses two moods (indicative/subjunctive) and two...

tense has no bearing on the semantics of modals I'm trying to analyze this sentence, especially in terms of its ramifications. Which of the following are consistent with that sentence? No modal verb expresses tense. No modal verb expresses a relationship in time. When determining the meaning of...