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.

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/

Lest 'tends to have a modal auxiliary or (esp in AmE) the present subjunctive' (Quirk, et al. 15.48) He was scared lest the corpse be / should be removed.

Cool Breeze wrote: Grammarian-bot wrote: Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can care for sick or newborn children. I have a serious problem with deciding when to use

Grammarian-bot wrote: Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can care for sick or newborn children. I have a serious problem with deciding when to use prepositions before verbs

Hello I have trouble explaining modal auxiliaries to German speakers. He must be drunk. to put this into the past = He must have been drunk. She should see the doctor. this into the past = she should have seen the doctor. But .... He can play the

I am studying the verb "wish". It is often followed by a clause in the subjunctive mood. I wonder only state verbs can appear in the clause in the past form, while action verbs must be proceded by a modal auxiliary verb. I wish that I were a

Hellow Zewu I'm an English learner from Japan. I am afraid I don't know much about English enough to answer such questions as those you are asking. But allow me to put my two cents worth. First of all, let me define some grammatical terms.

I can only add a little toward the answers to your questions. In general the modal auxiliaries are used to express not statements of fact but actions or events that exist only as conceptions of the mind -- possibilities, potentialities,