Bare infinitive X a verb in the present X participle
How to distinguish them? ex :"I can go to the park tomorrow". Some people said it is a bare infinive others said its participle and I thought it was a verb in simple present.So can you guys grammaticaly explain to me the difference,how to use them, and ,if possible, also give example phrases pls?
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English verbs have four forms - the base (bare infinitive), past, present participle and past participle. The four forms of the verb "go" are: go - base (bare infinitive) went - past going - present participle gone - past participle. The modal auxiliaries (can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should) are degenerate verbs.
- English verbs have four forms - the base (bare infinitive), past, present participle and past participle.
- The four forms of the verb "go" are: go - base (bare infinitive) went - past going - present participle gone - past participle.
- The modal auxiliaries (can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should) are degenerate verbs.
- They do not have the four forms.
- We use these auxiliaries to add modality to the semantics of a base verb such as probability, possibility, necessity, obligation, reality, and willingness.
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English verbs have four forms - the base (bare infinitive), past, present participle and past participle.
The four forms of the verb "go" are:
go - base (bare infinitive)
went - past
going - present participle
gone - past participle.
The modal auxiliaries (can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should) are degenerate verbs. They do not have the four forms.
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