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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Semi Modal Auxiliaries
Could you please explain differences between Can, Could, May, Might, Will, Would, Must and Ought to?
Why Could, Might and Would is called past form and did use to present and future tenses?
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They are modal auxiliaries, not semi-modal auxiliaries. Look up these words in a dictionary. A good dictionary will give lots of examples.
- They are modal auxiliaries, not semi-modal auxiliaries.
- Look up these words in a dictionary.
- A good dictionary will give lots of examples.
- Could is the past form for can .
- I can lift 30 kilograms.
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They are modal auxiliaries, not semi-modal auxiliaries.
Look up these words in a dictionary. A good dictionary will give lots of examples.
Could is the past form for can.
- I can lift 30 kilograms.
- I could lift 30 kilograms when I was young. I can't do it now.
Would is sometimes used as the past form of
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