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Amir Oghlow Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Modals

She may have her homework done by tomorrow.
She could have her homework done by the next day.

Are they used correctly?
And is "done" in these sentences a main verb?
  

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If she does her homework herself, I suggest: She may do her homework by tomorrow. CB

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If she does her homework herself, I suggest: She may do her homework by tomorrow.

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Amir OghlowAre they used correctly?
Yes. In the case of the second one, however, I would have written one of these:

She can have her homework done by tomorrow.
She could have had her homework done by the next day.
Amir OghlowAnd is "done" in these sentences a main verb?
No. 'have' is the main ver
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CalifJimShe can have her homework done by tomorrow.She could have had her homework done by the next day.
Is "done" a complement of the noun phrase "her homework" in the above?
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I'd like to use "could" as ability to do something not for drwaing a conclusion.

#1 She was able to have her homework done by the next day.
#2 She could have her homework done by the the next day.
And the same with "can"

Is it okay?
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AnonymousIs "done" a complement of the noun phrase "her homework" in the above?
No. It's a predication. It's the non-finite verb in the non-finite clause.

have { (that) [her homework][SUBJ] . [(be/is) done][VERB] }

The entire "her homework done" is a complement of "have", however.

CJ
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Amir OghlowI'd like to use "could" as ability to do something not for drwaing a conclusion.
It doesn't work well in your example.

#1 She was able to have her homework done by the next day. Success
~ She succeeded in having her homework done by the next day.
#2 She could ha
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CalifJimNo. It's a predication. It's the non-finite verb in the non-finite clause.
Thank you for the reply.
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She could have her work done by the next day.
She could have had her work done by the next day.

Are they both imagined possibility of success?!

She would be able to have her work done by the next day.
Does "would" here mean "will"?
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Amir OghlowAre they both imagined possibility of success?
Yes, but in the second one ('could have had') the reference is to some past situation, and she did not succeed in having her work done by the next day.

The first one would normally be used in reported speech.

She said, "I can have my work done by tomorrow".
Reporting this la
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