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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Help with tense please!

I am trying to figure out the tense of the phrase:

"You should try to ride the bike"

Would the tense for this be future perfect continous, or future simple, or present something? The use of should is getting me confused.

Thanks!
  

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should is a modal verb. Therefore, should try does not represent any tense . It does apply to present time , however, because your sentence means "It is advisable that you try to ride the bike".

— CalifJim

  • should is a modal verb.
  • Therefore, should try does not represent any tense .
  • It does apply to present time , however, because your sentence means "It is advisable that you try to ride the bike".
  • CJ
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should is a modal verb. Therefore, should try does not represent any tense. It does apply to present time, however, because your sentence means "It is advisable that you try to ride the bike".

CJ
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