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Sft M Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

modal participles

I should have known it never get that far.

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sft M Is that sentence correct? No. And there are no modal participles in that sentence.

  • sft M Is that sentence correct?
  • No.
  • And there are no modal participles in that sentence.
  • Modal (auiliary) verbs do not have participial forms.
  • This sentence is correct: I should have known it never got that far.
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sft MIs that sentence correct?
No. And there are no modal participles in that sentence.
Modal (auiliary) verbs do not have participial forms.

This sentence is correct:
I should have known it never got that far.
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It's possible also that you mean "I should have known it would never get that far".

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