By Verbs, Modals

Re: Bare Infinitive usage

Use the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive, after the modals (can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must).Use the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive, after forms of the verbs make, let, see, hear, watch, listen to and an object.Use either the bare infinitive or the full...

Re: Will you be coming...(request)

I don't see a great deal of difference between a request and an invitation -- none that could be communicated entirely by a modal verb, at least. The difference seems to lie in what you expect the addressee to do.Request:. CJ

Re: conditional

Thank you, Mr. M. Then, what are these ones I wrote? They have if-clauses and what look to be resultant clauses, and also, they seem to be good, sensible sentences. All first conditional?? If I hear from you before I leave, I would call you when I get home. If I get a raise this month, I...

Re: use of modals for past sense

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...

Re: use of modals for past sense

I have learned it is incorrect to write the auxiliary verb 'must' in the past. I must go to the gym now. I must go the gym tomorrow. Yesterday I had to go to the gym. --> This is correct.Yesterday I must go to the gym. --> This is incorrect.Is it fine to say the following?I must...

conditional

Hi, Are these all examples of the first conditional? If a if-clause is in the present tense, then any modal verbs can be used and it would still be a first conditional sentence? A zero conditional sentence is the one only states general rules and can't use modal verbs? All first...

Re: Analysis sentence

Hi, Sentence A . It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) ( saying ) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things. ( Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ). it takes all sorts ( to make a world ) (...

Analysis sentence

Sentence A . It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) ( saying ) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things. ( Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ). it takes all sorts ( to make a world ) (...

Re: What is the difference in meaning between Could / May / Might?

Search this forum for "might", "could" and "may", there are at least a hundred threads that could help you understand everything about those modal verbs (and help you get more confused too, of course ). If you still have trouble after learning all you can, come back...

Re: coordination: counterpart?

Hi, I'm wondering if there's a grammatic or syntactic term ( or just speech part?!) named for the part "feed" (as opposed to "fly") in the sentence below? Counterpart? phrasal verb? Or is it just simply two sentences connected by "and" with the second...