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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! can everyone check my grammar and verb tense, there are my biggest problem in my writting. so please help me. thank you MOTHER A mother is a person who gives life and brings one life into this world.The person will...

To my home has nothing to do with verbs. To is a preposition here. An answer to your last question is given in a previous post: "The auxiliary forms of need are used primarily in present-tense questions, negations, and conditional clauses." In other words, auxiliary need is normally...

Jackson:#1 "do" is a verb. (auxiliary) not an adverb. "need" is the main verb; the object is the infinitive phrase..("need to" is synonymous with "have to")#2 say is the main verb, Need is an auxiliary verb. Like the auxiliaries can or may, it does not...

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...

What is described is irrelevant to the classification.Look only at the tenses of the verbs when determining which type of conditional you are dealing with.CJ

It is possible and correct. This is not a true passive. interested is normally treated as a plain adjective, not as a part of a verb. The verb here is therefore be (in the past perfect tense, had been).The job is the agent if you treat this as a passive form of the verb to interest. But as I...

Some uses: Would functions as a more formal and more polite alternative to will. Would can refer to typical habitual actions and events in the past and often occurs in narratives: Would rather and would sooner are used to talk about preference and/or alternatives. Would versus Should: Should...

Interesting! You never taught me those conditionals! Does that mean that in English (like in Italian), it is possible to use the simple past instead of the subjunctive formed with the past perfect, in informal and casual English? The only example I know it's kind of common is substituting...