"can came" is correct?

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I know it's correct to say: "the wind might had came from this direction."but if I want to use the "can" can I say: ""the wind might can came from this direction."?

RandomGuy · Accepted Answer

Neither is correct. These are your options:

The wind might have come from this direction.
The wind could have come from this direction.

Modal verbs take infinitival complements, the perfect auxiliary have takes past participial complements, and Standard English permits only one modal per clause.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

English modal verbs are: might, should, could, can, may, would, ought to, will... Only one of these can be in the verb:

The wind can come.
The wind might come.
The wind should come.
X (Wrong) The wind can might come.

These modals must have another verb, in the base form (infinitive) after it.

The verb have (had) is a helping verb. The past participle follows have, has or had. Come is an irregular verb. The infinitive is come, the past is came, and the past participle is come.

The wind has come.
The wind had come.

The verb have (had) is a helping verb, but it is not a modal verb. A modal verb is possible (but not all of them), but then you have to use the base form (have) after it; the same as in regular verbs:

The wind might have come.
The wind could have come.
The wind should have come.
The wind may have come.

Can is not used with have in standard English, Use "could" instead.
X (Wrong) The wind can have come.

Anonymous · Answer

AlpheccaStarsCan is not used with have in standard English, Use "could" instead.X (Wrong) The wind can have come.

What about this:

The wind can't have come from that direction.
The wind can't have been blowing from the south.

RandomGuy · Answer

AnonymousThe wind can't have come from that direction.
The wind can't have been blowing from the south.

Those are fine.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

AnonymousWhat about this:The wind can't have come from that direction.

The negative is fine, but that was not the poster's example question.

Fivejedjon · Answer

AlpheccaStarsEnglish modal verbs are: might, should, could, can, may, would, ought to, will...

The list of modal verbs in BrE includes may and must. Need and dare can also function as modals in restricted contexts.

I agree with those writers who consider that ought is not a (core) modal, because it is followed by a to- infinitive and because some speakers at least use the auxiliary verb DO for negative, interrogative and tag forms.

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