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

Hello I`ve a question about the definition of the words auxiliary and modal. I think there are some discrepancies in the definitions!? 1. OED defines "auxiliary" as:"A verb used to form the tenses,moods, voices, etc. of other

Also, if you count "will" as constituting a tense on ... As a separate tense of its own (the past future)? The use of will/shall to form the future tense is only one use of the word. It still remains a modal auxiliary, with a past tense.

Also, if you count "will" as constituting a tense on its own (the future), how do you characterize the past tense of "will" ("would")? As a separate tense of its own (the past future)? The use of will/shall to form

There are only two tenses in English: past and present. The verb forms and auxiliaries associated with these two tenses ... : I ran. progressive aspect: am/was running perfect aspect : have/had run prefect & progressive aspects combined:

Modal auxiliaries exist. I'm unaware of the class of "normal English verbs that happen to not be used in some tenses". Just for fun I tried 'will' at this site: http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/cache/20.will.html Oh, and