1) How is it functioning below (I've asked this elsewhere and received no consistent answer)? Having found me to be an alcoholic, she did not like me and so spurned my offer. But I would attempt to warm up to her . It functions as the

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I just want to point out the word "could" is indicative of the subjunctive mood Modal verbs don't have tenses and moods in the way that other verbs do. could certainly acts like a past subjunctive in If I could help you, I would.

We should have been there by now! Is this sentence is 'Present Perfect' form? No. I would call it a modal perfect. Some books call it a modal verb followed by a bare perfect infinitive. He used to have crocked teeth. ( crooked ) This

Hello, there, In the following sentence: Born in New York City on Oct. 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt is the second of four children of Theodore and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. At age 6, T.R., his brother Elliott and friend Edith Carow (who would one

It was thought (by many) to have been written by Michael. In the above sentence: ''It'' is used as a subject. ''was'' is an auxiliary verb showing simple past tense and ''thought'' is a past participle serving the function of the main verb with

In the early Church , Christians would celebrate the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ (known as the saint's "birth day") by serving an All-Night Vigil , and then celebrating the Eucharist over their tomb or place of martyrdom. In the

Rule: Modal verbs (and "must" is one of them) cannot be followed by a past tense form. To express past tense after a modal add "have" and the past participle. This is not truly a "present perfect" but a "modal perfect". In the case of the modal

Rule: Modal verbs (and "must" is one of them) cannot be followed by a past tense form. To express past tense after a modal add "have" and the past participle. This is not truly a "present perfect" but a "modal perfect". In the case of the modal