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What is the correct second clause for these sentences:

I would have helped you if you had asked.

I would have given my advice if you had asked.

I would have gave my advice if you if you have asked.

Also, what is the difference between: I have given, I has given, I had gave, I have gave.

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

AnonymousI would have helped you if you had asked.

Correct.

AnonymousI would have given my advice if you had asked.

Correct.

AnonymousI would have gave my advice if you if you have asked.

Incorrect.

AnonymousAlso, what is the difference between: I have given, I has given, I had gave, I have gave.

I have given is correct while all the others are wrong.

CB

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you. what about: I gave and I had given. Are they correct

Also, it not possible to say: I have gave, because I gave is the past option. Am I right?

Cool Breeze · Answer

Anonymous I gave and I had given. Are they correct

Yes, in the right context. Examples:

Present tense: I give him money every week.
Past tense: I gave him money last week.
(Present) perfect tense: I have given him too much money.
(Past) perfect tense, also sometimes called the pluperfect: I had given him all the money I had and yet he asked for more.

AnonymousAlso, it not possible to say: I have gave, because I gave is the past option. Am I right?

Yes: give, gave, given. The third form, which is called the past participle, is needed for the perfect and the past perfect. The past tense and the past participle of regular verbs are identical: ask, asked, asked; want, wanted, wanted.

As in all Germanic languages, there are modal auxiliaries, also sometimes called defective auxiliaries, whose grammatical behaviour is different from other verbs: can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must and ought. You need to learn their meanings and uses individually, but grammatically they are extremely simple: if a verb follows a defective auxiliary, it is always an infinitive. There are only two active and passive infinitives in English and English infinitives are uninflected. In other words, have is always used, never has.

Examples.

Active:
He can't do it.
He can't have done it.

Passive:
It can't be done today.
It can't have been done on purpose!

CB

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks teacher. I just would like to know if the word 'couldn't' can be used instead of can't in your last examples?

For example:
It couldn't be done today.
It couldn't have been done on purpose!

And the first two as well!

Cool Breeze · Answer

Anonymous I just would like to know if the word 'couldn't' can be used instead of can't in your last examples?

Yes, because could is also a modal auxiliary. Depending on the context, the meaning may or may not change a little. Please consult a grammar book or a website dealing with the auxiliaries.

CB

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