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Murugag Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Return or Returns

I am not sure which one is correct. 'He may return back' or 'He may returns back'. Please help me to understand.
  

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return . You don't need back . return means come back.

  • return .
  • You don't need back .
  • return means come back.
  • return back means come back back.
  • may is a modal verb.
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return. You don't need back. return means come back. return back means come back back.

may is a modal verb. Only the base form of another verb can follow a modal verb.

So it's may return. Not may returns.

CJ
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Thank you very much.

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