By Modals, Verbs

hi I'm wondering if there's a grammatic or syntactic term ( or just speech part?!) named for the part "feed" (as opposed to "fly") in the sentence below? Counterpart? phrasal verb? Or is it just simply two sentences connected by "and" with the second...

These are misprints that were not caught by the editors.Here's how is can happen. The writer reports Mr. Smith says the matter has to be pursued in the courts. Then he changes his mind. He decides to say should be instead of has to be, so he substitutes should for has, and forgets to delete...

.Is it possible for modal verbs (shall,should, will, would, may, might) to be followed by "to"? -- No. They all take bare infinitives (no 'to')Shouldn't it be "have to be" and "is to be" -- Yes. Those are your only choices.

Hi Teachers Is it possible for modal verbs (shall,should, will, would, may, might) to be followed by "to" ? E.g: Mr. Bahnken also said the death penalty should to be pursued for those found guilty of killing his brother A portion of the proceeds from the sale of its paper and...

In Old English there was a real infinitive (bare) -- e.g. "fremman" (to do) -- and the "inflected infinitive" -- "to fremmenne" (in order to do). The bare infinitive was used with auxiliaries/modals much as it still is, while the inflected infinitive was used to...

The answer is here: Typically, when the accompanying clause is an "if" clause, the historical present tense forms go with present tense verbs, and historical past tense forms go with past tense verbs. However, "could" and "might", meaning "may"...

When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the...

Hi, I gotthe following sentences from the ChristianToday magazne, a magazine of evangelical conviction, by N.T. Wright on March 25, 2008, and hope you would answer some questions on them. When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively...

If we follow Swann, we can use need as a modal verb in an affirmative sentence when a 'non-affirmative' word (such as only, hardly, seldom etc.) gives the sentence a negative kind of meaning. Look at Swann's last example: the sentence becomes incorrect when only is removed.That said,...

I have two cars -in this context, "have" is a verb which means to be in possession of .I have known John for 10 years. -"have" is a a modal word which helped the verb "known" to form present perfect tense. She has a good job- being possessive of She has done a good...