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   In English grammar, defective verb is a traditional term for a verb that doesn't exhibit all the typical forms of a conventional verb. English modal verbs ( can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, and would) are defective in that they lack distinctive third-person singular and nonfinite forms.

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   from English Grammar Today. May: forms. Affirmative (+) form. May comes first in the verb phrase (after the subject and before another verb): It may be possible for him to get home tonight. May can’t be used with another modal verb: This may hurt you. Not: This may could hurt you. or This could may hurt you. Negative (−) form.

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   What are defective verbs in English?

   • Defective verbs in English are verbs which do not have all the usual verb forms. These verbs cannot be used in some of the ways that normal verbs can. Native English speakers do not normally learn about defective verbs. It is more common to study irregular verb forms (for example: eat, ate, eaten) and exceptions to the rules.

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   What does defective mean in grammar?

   • "In grammar, [ defective is] a traditional description of words which do not display all the rules of the class to which they belong. The English modal verbs, for example, are defective in that they do not permit the usual range of verb forms, such as an infinitive or participle forms (* to may , * shalling, etc.).

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   Do defective verbs change tense?

   • In Arabic, defective verbs are called أفعال جامدةʾafʿāl jāmidah (lit., 'solid verbs' ). These verbs do not change tense, nor do they form related nouns. A famous example is the verb لَيْسَ laysa'it is not', though it is not the only auxiliary verb that exhibits this property.

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   What is the negative form of May?

   • May comes first in the verb phrase (after the subject and before another verb): It may be possible for him to get home tonight. May can’t be used with another modal verb: This may hurt you. Not: This may could hurt you. or This could may hurt you. The negative form of may is may not. We don’t use don’t / doesn’t/didn’t with may:

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   In linguistics, a defective verb is a verb that either lacks a conjugated form or entails incomplete conjugation, and thus cannot be conjugated for certain grammatical tenses, aspects, persons, genders, or moods that the majority of verbs or a "normal" or regular verb in a particular language can be conjugated for [citation needed]. That is to ...

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   may. 'may' is the model of its conjugation. This defective modal helping verb exists only in the present and preterit tenses. It is followed by a main verb in the bare infinitive, or by [ have + past participle]. Both the present and the preterit may be used in combination with [ have + past participle] to express a guess or a possibility about ...

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   Another kind of non-action verb is the auxiliary verb. An auxiliary verb (also called a helping verb) is used with another verb (or two other verbs) in a verb phrase. The auxiliary verbs (which include be, have, do, and the modal verbs like may, shall, will, can, and must) combine with verbs to do things like show a verb's tense or form a question.

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   Common Defective Verbs. There are only a few defective verbs in English. Many of these are modal verbs (identified with a *). These are the most common defective verbs in English. am; been; begone; beware; can* could* may* might* must* ought* shall* should* was; will* would*

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   The Compound Noun Turned Verb. The verb form of a compound noun (whether open or hyphenated) most often is spelled with a hyphen ( field-test, water-ski, rubber-stamp ), whereas a verb derived from a solid noun is written solid ( mastermind, brainstorm, sideline ). That one's simple enough.