Don't get distracted by what may happen later if things play out a certain way. I believe your problem is that you're concentrating on what the sentence is about, rather than how the actual modal verb (can/could/can't) functions in the

I'm unable to edit your page because of incompatibility problems. In my opinion, two of your "first choices" are correct, and five of your second choices are correct. (I believe there's only one correct answer for each

* Can I eat my lunch here? - 5 (To me it sounds that the person is asking for permission. -- Yes . But this could also be no.7, as the person could be making a request. Is there anyway to tell?-- I see no difference in meaning between 5 and 7 here

Hi there, I have been trying to work out 'Modal verb' in the sentences. Some sentencese were relatively straight forward, but that could be interpreted in more than one way. Thank you for all of your help. It is much appreciated. *My

Hi, I have been working on 'Future Functions,' and they were a little tricky. I have answered them all, but I need some help to clear some of these up. There is the possibility that I am using will and shall all wrong. Thanks for the

So you know they're infinitives. Otherwise they could be imperatives or the present tense. But don't use the to after modal verbs like can and must ! CJ

Thank you. You wrote/corrected (with your comment): 2. This seminar could prove beneficial to those who haven't attended a school in the past. -- In the right context you could say this but as a standalone sentence the article

Hi, Anon wrote: ・She estimates that the hall will seat up to a hundred people. ・He estimated that it would seat more than a hundred. ・I had estimated that it (.......) less than a hundred. Which is the appropriate tense

we would had have seen After a modal verb, the only form of the verb have that is possible is have itself -- never has or had or having . would is a modal verb, so only have can follow it. Think of the modal expressions as these and ONLY these:

need can be used both as an ordinary verb and a modal verb. "Need" means something like "must have". "Need to" is something like "must". It's not quite the same, but it has a very similar meaning.