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Hi CB, To my home has nothing to do with verbs. To is a preposition here. Did I say it had anything to do with verbs? Yes, to is a preposition but to my home functions an infinitive object. Am I wrong? The auxiliary forms of need are used
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Do we need to say more? Let me ask you few more questions. In Will you come to my home today : to my home is infinitive object But when Do we need to say more is changed into affirmative statement Do just disappears, We need to say more . What
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Too easy for a question here...But there you go Any auxiliary verb will not allow the main verb after it to inflect, let it be will, must, or any other primary / modal auxiliary. Never put an ed or an -s on a verb that is introduced by an
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Always and other adverbs of indefinite time (ever, never, usually, seldom etc.) are usually placed after a defective/modal auxiliary in affirmative clauses: I shall always regret that. I would never have believed him. CB
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He would have had completed the task if he had asked for help before he left work -- would have had completed used for had asked (past perfect) that happens before left (simple past)
Is it false then? "would have + (past perfect)"
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Thank you, Mr. M. Then, what are these ones I wrote? They have if-clauses and what look to be resultant clauses, and also, they seem to be good, sensible sentences.
All first conditional??
If I hear from you before I leave, I would call you
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. None of the answers makes sense in this context except C. The other modal auxiliaries carry inappropriate meanings. Start your study HERE, FOR INSTANCE .
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Hi, I know that auxiliary verb "need" cannot be used in affirmative statements, but how about this one? Is this correct? You need only see her. Hi, Let me quote Swann ( Practical English Usage , 3 rd ed., § 366.2): Need can also have
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Hi Eladio You have a mathematical mind! Congratulations! In addition to what CalifJim and MrP have said, I would like to add a couple of comments. In one of your sentences not is in the wrong place: "Shall not we ever get used to this
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Hi Newguest
I have the following to share with you.
may / might
Similarly, we can use the modal auxiliaries may or might to say that there is a chance that something is true or may happen. May and might are used to talk about present or
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