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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › English_modal_auxiliary_verbsEnglish modal auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia

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   6 days ago · to, of to-infinitival clauses (if to is a defective verb, and not a subordinator). Lists of modal auxiliary verbs. Five recent scholarly descriptions of verbs disagree among themselves on the extension of modal auxiliary verb: on which verbs are modal auxiliary verbs.

2. www.polseguera.org › intermediate_grammar › verbsThe modal verbs can and may - Free Intermediate English ...

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   Apr 11, 2024 · The verb "to be" 2. The modal verbs "can" and "may" 3. The verb "have" 4. Have to, must, need not, cannot and should . 5. The simple present and the present continuous or progressive . 6. The simple past and the past continuous or progressive . 7.

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   What is an example of a defective verb?

   • For example, in Spanish and Italian, mīrārī changed to mirar (e) by changing all the verb forms to the previously nonexistent "active form", and audeō changed to osar (e) by taking the participle ausus and making an -ar (e) verb out of it (note that au went to o ). Defective verbs are verbs that are conjugated in only some instances.

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   Which auxiliary verbs lack present tense forms?

   • Had better and (as an auxiliary verb) used lack present tense forms. Other than in present tense, even lexical verbs lack subject agreement, so this test is inapplicable to either had better or used .

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   Are English modals defective in other Germanic languages?

   • Many English modals have cognates in other Germanic languages, if often with different meanings. Unlike the English modals, however, these verbs are not generally defective. Examples of such cognates include: In German: mögen, müssen, können, sollen, wollen; cognates of may, must, can, shall, and will.

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   Which lexical verbs have untensed forms?

   • To illustrate untensed forms, those of the irregular lexical verb take and the non-modal auxiliary verb be are the plain take and be (as in Take it!, I didn't take it, and Don't be silly ), the gerund-participles taking and being, and the past participles taken and been. Modal auxiliary verbs lack untensed forms.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Latin_conjugationLatin conjugation - Wikipedia

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   6 days ago · Latin grammar. In linguistics and grammar, conjugation has two basic meanings. [1] One meaning is the creation of derived forms of a verb from basic forms, or principal parts. The second meaning of the word conjugation is a group of verbs which all have the same pattern of inflections. Thus all those Latin verbs which in the present tense have ...

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7. www.polseguera.org › advanced_irregular_verbsIrregular verbs for advanced students of English - English ...

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   Apr 19, 2024 · i Modal verbs are not included in this list because they are defective, that is, they have not all the forms. For instance, we may say I can play football (present ability), or I could play football (past ability); but we may not say I have could play football since I was a child ; we have to say I have been able to play football since I was a ...

8. learnenglish.britishcouncil.org › modal-verbsModal verbs | LearnEnglish - LearnEnglish - British Council

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   1 day ago · The modal verbs are: We use modals to show if we believe something is certain, possible or impossible: My keys must be in the car. It might rain tomorrow. That can't be Peter's coat. It's too small. We also use them to do things like talk about ability, ask permission, and make requests and offers: I can't swim.

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   Apr 11, 2024 · Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like lingua, linguae, f., ferōx, gen. ferōcis, fidēlis, fidēle and more.