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I always thought, that " do " and " have " are modal verbs and they could never be in one sentence for the exception of perfect tenses. Please could you explain me, which of these two expressions is correct.

Hi, I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory,...

Yes. The modals are sometimes called "defective verbs", meaning that they cannot be conjugated in all the tenses available for other verbs. If you need the subtleties of those tenses, you have to switch to some other verb or equivalent expression. (Recall that a sentence marked with...

It's not subjunctive. It's the modal use of need . Modal need can occur in non-assertive contexts. Modals never take the s in the first person singular of the present tense the way non-modal verbs do. In that way they resemble subjunctive forms, which are also missing the s . The...

Kilimanjaro wrote: Hello Cool Breeze, This sentence is taken from Michael SWAN's Practical English Usage. He says "might" can be used in such contexts Hi Kilimanjaro Yes, I know it's from that book. You mentioned it in a previous post. I didn't say it was right or wrong in my opinion. I...

why can't we expect the third sentence ...? Be patient. The real answer to this doesn't come until the end of this post. Because modals don't work the same way as other verbs, especially in the perfect tenses. A modal perfect tense is in many ways equivalent to a past tense. The simple...

Let's spread out the issue a little bit: ____ O ____ Type 2. Basic forms . a. If we caught the 10 o'clock train, we would (could, might, etc.) get there by lunch-time. b. If I came into a fortune, I would give up smoking. c. If I knew how it worked, I could...

On further reflection, I believe that I have heard some Americans use the structure had've ( had have ), and I've seen it spelled had of . In any case, the origin of the structure has me curious. If we include the modals will and would , the eight standard (active voice,...

Swiss Jake wrote: 1. I wish he would stop complaining. 2.I wish he should stop complaining. I want to know that after the word "wish" which word I should use between "would"/"should". Hi, doesn't "to whish" trigger the subjunctive and therefore "should" must...

Thanks for your reply, MrP. 1. I would call it an exclamatory conditional. The main clause is left unspoken, but we can usually infer it, e.g. "if only she would contact me, I would be very happy". Ok, it’s a conditional with an unexpressed result but still a ‘conditional’ right? In...