Hello everyone, I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund Hi, You

They had to have that specially made? The sentence is in the past tense. Since English lacks verbs for situations in which person A does something for person B on person B's request, a rather long and awkward structure is used instead: to have

Hi Yaggy, I'm no expert, but perhaps I can help. She is getting more beautiful every day . I get, you get, he/she/it gets is the simple present tense. I am getting, You are getting, He is getting is the present continuous - the

Hello, Qasim. Would -- This is an auxiliary verb with several uses. The most common is in conditional sentences: I would go if iI were invited. She would dance with me if I asked her. Would be -- This is just one example verb with

a. would Ok. In this sentence it is used in auxiliary function in the conclusion of a conditional sentence to express a contingency or possibility <if he were coming, he would be here now b. could Ok. If you touch that thing, your hand may

It is advisable to learn the various ways of using the modal auxiliaries without thinking of grammatical moods at the same time. These auxiliaries lack forms ( must has only one form, for example) and the potential mood, as it exists in some

hello can i used the modal auxiliaries in the other grammatical moods (conditional,pottential,subjunctive,..) beside the master mood the indicative mood. thank.

Thanks for replying AlpeccaStars and Clive. AlpheccaStars, just wondering, which defintion does this usage of 'would' fall into? Is it the second one? Thank you again. (M-W) 1 a archaic : WISHED, DESIRED b archaic : wish for : WANT c (1)

I found a website that could help you. I'll quote part of it for you: "May/might is an example of a modal auxiliary verb. The distinction between may and might has to do with the tense (present, past etc.) and/ or mood (indicative/

impossible past condition "if" condition in the above paragraph with "would have" and "might have". Right church; wrong pew. You're thinking of the cases where both would and have are auxiliaries (or both might