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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

These modal verbs after words "felt" and "thought"

Hi.

1.Would the say this sentence illustrates the past use of the modal verb "shall"?

He said she shouldn't talk to him.

2. What is the difference? I think I have seen no tense change happening in situations like this.

He felt/thought he must be the person who did it.

He felt/thought he must have been the person who did it.
  

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Would the say this sentence illustrates the past use of the modal verb "shall"? He said she shouldn't talk to him. I would, but isn't it a bit old fashioned?

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  • Would the say this sentence illustrates the past use of the modal verb "shall"?
  • He said she shouldn't talk to him.
  • I would, but isn't it a bit old fashioned?
  • I think most people would take it to mean she ought not to.
  • 2.
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Anonymous1.Would the say this sentence illustrates the past use of the modal verb "shall"?

He said she shouldn't talk to him. I would, but isn't it a bit old fashioned? I think most people would take it to mean she ought not to.


2. What is the difference? I think I have seen no tense change happenin
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Anonymous1.Would the say this sentence illustrates the past use of the modal verb "shall"?

He said she shouldn't talk to him.
Not in modern English, no. There is no past of "shall" in modern English, though "should" is historically the past of "shall". If you see this written in a text of about 100 years ago or more, it well may be the past of
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