In Present tenses^x, Clauses^x, Auxiliaries^x

Not exactly. It's still a verb in the sense of being a verb form, but it's not a "finite" verb unless it has the auxiliary. CJ

One such grammatical distinction causing much confusion is the use of the modal auxiliaries ‘may’ and ‘might’. When used in the present tense, the two modals are almost transposable, as the difference between the two is merely a very small degree of certainty. However, it has become common...

Hi, In general while speaking, we say " what he did was......." According to grammer rule, if we use 'did` next verb will be in present tense ... like "Did you get that book ?" No, 'get' here is not present tense, it is the infinitive. Here, it is used with the auxiliary 'did' to make past...

Mary Ansell has a chapter on the subjunctive mood at http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramch09.html. One of the complications in using the subjunctive is the fact that, besides hypothetical condition clauses, which require the subjunctive, there are factual condition clauses that do...

Do you agree that the subjunctive mood is only used in the following ways? A. Present subjunctive. -1. All verb forms are the same as for the present tense except in the third person singular. There, use the infinitive (without to). -I/you/we/they launch the shuttle. (present indicative) -He...

CJ: I answered this once before. >>>>>>>>>> JTT: No, Jim, you failed to answer it the first time. As I stated, I was not looking for any kind of reported speech. Jim wrote: However, to be more exact, the prototypical modal for the meaning "it is possible that" is "may". Frequent substitutes...

Hi, I need help in these: True or False statements 1. The past tense and the past participle forms of regular verbs are always the same. I say this is true. 2. Verbals used as auxiliaries are never used in any other way. 3. Verbals as well as verbs may be classified...