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Thanks JTT, You're welcome, Hela. Hela: I was going to suggest : d) I WILL HAVE TO get their breakfast (you accepted that one) and I’ll d) be obliged to get their breakfast soon. JJT: My read on BrE suggests that 'must' is more likely here but for NaE, 'have to' is much...

Thanks JTT, 1) I was going to suggest : d) I WILL HAVE TO get their breakfast (you accepted that one) f) I HAD BETTER get up k) that dog COULD HAVE hidden p) we MIGHT HAVE got his mother What do you think ? 2) British grammar books seem not to make any difference between "DON'T HAVE TO,...

Abbie wrote: 2. Why would you want to do that? Here, you are using a conditional, 'would', because although the plan has been made, there is still the opportunity to change it - it is not definite. "I might dye my hair green?" (I'm thinking about it, but I haven't decided) "Why would you want...

— I view quite differently. Take these statements: 1. If I can get the money, I'll come on holiday with you. 2. If I could get the money, I'd come on holiday with you. 3. If I had been able to get the money, I would have gone on holiday with you. I don't agree that the choice of 'will' or...

Hello Jim Thank you for your kind comments. To me every modal is difficult to grasp its exact meanings. As for 'will'/'would', I think they are also used as 'indicative' and 'subjunctive'. (1) neutral future (be about to: be destined to) My guess will be wrong. My guess would be...

1) Do May / Might NOT (like CANNOT) express an interdiction = must not ? ex: ? CJ

could you please show me an inflected modal. Well, aside from MrP's "could", there's She has to go. (Present) She had to go. (Past) But then again, the kind of "inflection" we're concerned about in this discussion is temporal in nature, and not morphological in form. That is, if it's not...

Hi, eq, My reference to rules was to rules found in elementary textbooks of English as a foreign language. You know the sort of thing: Subjects and verbs must agree in number. How to use apostrophe-S. I wasn't expecting students to study mathematics or anything quite so rigorous as you...

I saw the grammar lessons last week and I have had some problems in understanging those grammar subjects as you might guess that they are modals... 1. ABILITY : can,,could,,,be able to.... in which sentences we can differ them... 2. PERMISSION(asking for) : can,,could,,may,,might,,be...

Jim wrote: Do you seriously not know the difference between "X means Y" and "X sometimes contains the meaning of Y within it"? That was the point of my posting, Jim. I believe that this has been misanalysed. I believe that has no connection to , none at all. Normally, because double modals are...