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Hi CB,What is defective/modal auxiliary verb?Sorry for asking you too many questions. I hope you will give a touch to all the above questions.Thanks,Jackson

Hi,1. Is the no. 2, the one that seems to have an ellipted clause or that seems to contain an implicit conditional correct?1. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of many who might have a chance to see it. OK2. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of...

Hi,1. Is the no. 2, the one that seems to have an ellipted clause or that seems to contain an implicit conditional correct?1. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of many who might have a chance to see it.2. I think you have a great smile that would warm the heart of anyone...

Sorry, I forgot to ask you this:Can you tell me how does this use of the modal "would" work: the future of the past? I am trying very hard to understand the whole point but it is not easy.I think you said "Request" is a subcategory of the conditional use of "would",...

Thank you. Your explanation makes much sense, yet demands more time to go over.You said: Your examples (below) are all cases of the conditional usage with one or more implicit conditions. The use of would is the signal that the fulfillment of the condition(s) is not currently in effect or not...

I think the basic functions of would are the habitual past, the future of the past, and the conditional.Requests (or asking permission) is a subcategory of the conditional use. Semantically, these are conditionals. Pragmatically, they can be requests if framed as questions.Both are...

Hi,How could a person use the modal "would" correctly? I think the uses of it can be said to be in the categories of "request", "invitation", "conditional" and others. What I have most trouble is the conditional use of the modal "would". Would you...

>>It is not difficult at all for me to use conditional structures (= modal verbs) in polite requests, like in "Could you lend me 1,000 dollars?", because very similar structures are used the same way in Italian too. <<And do they omit articles in Italian? "Could you...

I obviously agree with Forbes: it depends on your first language. I have never had any problems with passive sentences, subjects and objects, the difference between countable and uncountable, etc. because those are all features I have in Italian too. It is not difficult at all for me to use...

Then it's wouldn't.Though some variation is possible in the right situation, the typical groups of tenses that go together in the same sentence are:Present perfect - Present - Future of the Present (will) - Most modal verbs, including can, may, must, shouldOR Past Perfect - Past - Future...