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Can ... speak Can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must and ought are defective/modal auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs. They always take a plain/bare infinitive except ought , which takes an infinitive with 'to': You ought to see it.
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- speak Can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must and ought are defective/modal auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs.
- They always take a plain/bare infinitive except ought , which takes an infinitive with 'to': You ought to see it.
- Speak s is not an infinitive; it's a present tense 3rd person singular verb form: He speaks French.
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Can ... speak
Can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must
and ought are defective/modal auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs. They always take a plain/bare infinitive except ought, which takes an infinitive with 'to': You ought to see it.
Speaks is not an infinitive; it's a present tense 3rd person singular verb
Can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must
and ought are defective/modal auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs. They always take a plain/bare infinitive except ought, which takes an infinitive with 'to': You ought to see it.
Speaks is not an infinitive; it's a present tense 3rd person singular verb
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