Tell me if this is correct. Do isn't a modal verb but it can function as one. Therefore the verb after do is in its base form. Plus, did is the past tense of do so if I add -ed to happen, it would be redundant because did is already in the

There are none. The modals have no past participle, and there is no verb construction in English requiring them.

I want to know the third form or the past participle of the Modals ( will ,would.. shall ,sould .. may,might ..) please .

Many thanks for your reply and recommendation. It helps a lot. Your list of auxiliaries seems all right, but I would not include used to . I thought it’s just an idiom, but my grammar book and Longman dictionary tell me it’ is

I find that have to is most often called a semi-modal . It has the effect of a modal like must , but is conjugated like an ordinary verb. ( has to, have to, had to, ... ) I would certainly not call it an auxiliary verb with an infinitive, though

Hi, I would like to ask some questions about modal auxiliary. First, does HAVE TO belong to MODAL AUXILIARY? I have visited some websites on this topic. (I also searched here for the keyword, but there are too many articles and thus I

I am curious if the following would also be right: "We need dance." No. In its modal usage, need requires a non-assertive context, for example, a question or negation. Therefore, the assertive form requires the non-modal usage of need ,

"Do" has a special property that other verbs don't have. It can be used at the beginning of a question. i.e. Do you / they speak Chinese? In question form, then it is acting like a modal even though not classifed as one.

Just adding a little to Clive's comment. Remember my earlier reply ? In which I said when you have anyone of the modals listed on my reply in a sentence or question, the verb immediately follows must remain in its bare form. This is the

Just adding a little to Clive's comment. Remember my earlier reply ? In which I said when you have anyone of the modals listed on my reply in a sentence or question, the verb immediately follows must remain in its bare form. This is the