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Larisa Skorick Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Hello

Hello. Could you help me, please. A have a question. There is a sentence: They were to draw up the balance sheet a week ago. Could 'were to draw up' be the equivalent of a modal verb. If yes, then what of the modal verbs it is the equivalent? And I have one more question. Here is the sentence: The production must ensure that it can meet the demands set by the sales budget. Could 'can meet' refer to the Participle I or Participle II and imply the function of the verbal predicate. If yes, then to which of the Participles it refers.
  

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Larisa Skorik can meet There is no participle here. "can" is a modal verb. It always takes the base form of a verb (the infinitive without "to").

— CalifJim

  • Larisa Skorik can meet There is no participle here.
  • "can" is a modal verb.
  • It always takes the base form of a verb (the infinitive without "to").
  • can meet, can go, can see, can do, can find, can hear, ...
  • CJ Edit: I assume that Participle II means "past participle".
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Larisa Skorikcan meet
There is no participle here. "can" is a modal verb. It always takes the base form of a verb (the infinitive without "to").

can meet, can go, can see, can do, can find, can hear, ...

CJ

Edit: I assume that Participle II means "past participle". In that case, "set" is a Participle II, but it has nothing to do
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I see, but I didn't understand could "were to draw" be the equivalent of the modal verb? I know that it is the form of to be to. I knew it before.thanks, but as for the using of the infinitive in the modal verbs without "to", I knew it too. If I didn't know that I would write in a sentence not "can meet" but "can to meet", as you see.
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Larisa Skorikwere to draw
Here's an explanation of "is to".



CJ
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There are many places "to draw" if you mean literally; outside, in a comfortable area in your house, ANYWHERE!
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Hi. Please correct the sentence: Why you haven't been in club seldom? If I want to say that he didn't often go to the club for the last time, but he beat up the quarters of this place before. Also, I would want to use the sentence in Present Perfect.
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Larisa SkorickWhy you haven't been in club seldom?
Why have you so seldom been at the club? / Why haven't you been at the club very much lately?
Larisa Skorickhe didn't often go to the club for the last time
He hasn't been to the club lately. (Not sure what you're saying.)
Larisa Skorickhe beat up
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how the phrasal verbs form(which type of particle will addto verb )
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Anonymous how the phrasal verbs form(which type of particle will addto verb )
Use the search box at the upper left and you can find a lot of posts on phrasal verbs.

In the future please start a new post with a new topic unrelated to the thread.

CJ
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