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Son James Posted 13 years ago
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.... so that ......(can/could).....?
[1] The local police were devastated that they'd caused the death of one of their own.
Q) Is [1] grammatically correct? I think that he would say "......that they could cause.......". I have learned in structure of such sentences, I should use "can","could","may", or "might" in "that" conjunction. But the sentence doesn't have such modals. Could you confirm whether the sentence is right ? Thank you in advance for your teaching.
Q) Is [1] grammatically correct? I think that he would say "......that they could cause.......". I have learned in structure of such sentences, I should use "can","could","may", or "might" in "that" conjunction. But the sentence doesn't have such modals. Could you confirm whether the sentence is right ? Thank you in advance for your teaching.
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Son James Is [1] grammatically correct? Yes. There is no requirement for a modal verb in content clauses.
- Son James Is [1] grammatically correct?
- Yes.
- There is no requirement for a modal verb in content clauses.
- The use of one here would just cloud the meaning of the sentence.
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Son JamesIs [1] grammatically correct?Yes.
There is no requirement for a modal verb in content clauses. The use of one here would just cloud the meaning of the sentence.
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