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

We should have been there by now! Is this sentence is 'Present Perfect' form? I was just wondering, because there is the modal verb 'should' before the 'have been' which is present perfect . He used to have crocked

Would this use of the modal verb "would" be correct in a simple children's writing? ... He would go shopping. Yes. He would go shopping in the meaning He had the habit of going shopping is something a child might say or write

Hi. 1. Would this use of the modal verb "would" be correct in a simple children's writing? What this modal use denote? Does it denote what he or she usually does in a some prolonged time in the past like "He would play table

Welcome to English Forums! 'm suffering from misunderstanding these tenses when they are preceded by a modal verb. Your terminology is wrong. Tenses are not preceded by modal verbs. You have non-modal tenses , such as Present, Past, Present

the day after it actually happened 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 (

Hi, A:How is it different? Is the zero conditional and the second and third ones type 1? I think CalifJim told us that the modal 'can' counts as present. 1.If you can make money, please use the money to help people. 2. If you can

When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. Here, the word

Hi, I gotthe following sentences from the ChristianToday magazne, a magazine of evangelical conviction, by N.T. Wright on March 25, 2008, and hope you would answer some questions on them. When we talk with biblical precision about the

I saw that video on Google some time ago... it's weird! LOL My cat can only say "meow". I tried to teach her some English, but she doesn't understand the present perfect and I don't know how make it clear to her. And she can't even understand the