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1. • • 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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   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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   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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   How many meanings does the verb may have?

   • There are 63 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb may, eight of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the verb may? How is the verb may pronounced? Where does the verb may come from? The earliest known use of the verb may is in the Old English period (pre-1150).

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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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   Richard Nordquist. Updated on July 03, 2019. 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 ...

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   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. The negative form of may is may not.

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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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   Factsheet. What does the verb may mean? There are 63 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb may, eight of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the verb may? About 1000 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

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   Some verbs are becoming more defective as time goes on; for example, although might is etymologically the past tense of may, it is no longer generally used as such (for example, *he might not go to mean "he was forbidden to go").

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   Defective Verbs. A Defective Verb is one that is not used in all the Moods and Tenses as, must, ought and quoth. Auxiliary Verbs = Helping Verbs. An Auxiliary Verb is one which helps to form the Moods and Tenses of other verbs. The auxiliary verbs are - shall, may, can, must, be, do, have and will. Remarks on The Auxiliary Verbs. 1.

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    Definition of may modal verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.