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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

modal verb + to

0Hi Teachers02br
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00Is it possible for modal verbs (shall,should, will, would, may, might) to be followed by "to" ?02br
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00E.g: Mr. Bahnken also said the death penalty 01b00should02b00 01b00to02b00 01b00be02b00 pursued for those found guilty of killing his brother02br
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00 A portion of the proceeds from the sale of its paper and timber assets 01b00would02b00 01b00to02b00 01b00be02b00 used to return equity to shareholders02br
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00Shouldn't it be ( should be, would be), is it even common for native speaker? If yes what is the difference between "be" alone and "to be" in this context02br
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00And in the case of "have, has,is" Is this even correct? " you don't 01b00have02b00 01b00be02b00 intimidated by the two-gigabyte jargon" "What WOW has done better than other games 01b00is02b00 01b00be02b00 able to appeal to both audience"02br
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00Shouldn't it be "have to be" and "is to be" or"being"? what is the difference?02br
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00Thanks a lot0-
  

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02br 00Is it possible for modal verbs (shall,should, will, would, may, might) to be followed by "to"? --01i 00 01b 00No. They all take bare infinitives (no 'to')02b 02i 02br 02br 00Shouldn't it be "have to be" and "is to be" -- 01b 01i 00Yes.

  • 02br 00Is it possible for modal verbs (shall,should, will, would, may, might) to be followed by "to"?
  • --01i 00 01b 00No.
  • They all take bare infinitives (no 'to')02b 02i 02br 02br 00Shouldn't it be "have to be" and "is to be" -- 01b 01i 00Yes.
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00Is it possible for modal verbs (shall,should, will, would, may, might) to be followed by "to"? --01i00 01b00No. They all take bare infinitives (no 'to')02b02i02br
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00Shouldn't it be "have to be" and "is to be" -- 01b01i00Yes. Those are your only choices.02i02b0-
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0Thanks MM, I asked this because I found it on nytimes.com0-
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0These are misprints that were not caught by the editors.02br
00Here's how is can happen. The writer reports 02br
01i00Mr. Smith says the matter has to be pursued in the courts.02i02br
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00Then he changes his mind. He decides to say 01i00should be02i00 instead of 01i00has to be02i00, so

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