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Neither sentence is correct. Not is in the wrong place. I should not have r u n is right. Should is a defective auxiliary and thus an infinitive must be used after it. There are two infinitives in the active voice and another two in the passive.
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Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the
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cool breeze
10 days ago
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1. There is no objection to the use of time words with the past perfect tense. The objection is when these words are used with the present perfect tense. You may, however, if you wish, replace "last week" with "the previous
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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
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cool breeze
42 days ago
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sentence number one "who broke the window" contains a primary form of a verb, the preterite "broke". The second sentence contains a secondary form, the past participle "broken", plus the auxiliary "have".
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anonymous
43 days ago
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If you are not sure, you may still be confused even with the best explanations.
But here are a few rules and examples:
1) Does he have a car? In question form, even 3rd still takes the bare infinitve form (have) because of the modal word
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I wish... happened now is not correct.
You can say It would be nice if ... happened now or I hope ... happens now or I wish ... would happen now. However, I wish... happened refers to something in the past, not "now" or in the
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ferdis
76 days ago
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Hello; the following text was taken from a grammar book, and i can't see the point the author wanted to convey.
"Other uses of the progressive aspect
It may be used especially following the auxiliary will or shall with the special
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express probability in the past
STRUCTURE: modal + have + past participle
Where was John last night at 10? 1. He may have been at his home. This is Past Tense. Right?
He has been in this country for 2 years. (Present Perfect)
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Hi,
Would you say the auxiliary verb (hope it is an auxilary verb) 'had' is implicit in the part after the word 'and' and before the word 'won' in the sentence you introduced in the following (looks to be from an online
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