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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Verbs

Hello,

I am trying to correctly identify the verbs this sentence,

"We´re going to have to put off the party".

Can someone please check to see if my answers are correct?

1) "Are" is the auxiliary verb to the main verb "going to"
2) "Have to" is the modal verb to the phrasal verb "put off"

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1) "Are" is the auxiliary verb to the main verb "going to" 2) "Have to" is the modal verb to the phrasal verb "put off"??? " Are " is an auxiliary verb used with the present participle verb " going " to form the progressive aspect. " Have ", but it's not a modal verb (though it does express obligation).

— BillJ

  • 1) "Are" is the auxiliary verb to the main verb "going to" 2) "Have to" is the modal verb to the phrasal verb "put off"???
  • " Are " is an auxiliary verb used with the present participle verb " going " to form the progressive aspect.
  • " Have ", but it's not a modal verb (though it does express obligation).
  • " Put ".
  • In "put off", only "put" is a verb.
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Anonymous Hello,I am trying to correctly identify the verbs this sentence, "We´re going to have to put off the party".Can someone please check to see if my answers are correct?1) "Are" is the auxiliary verb to the main verb "going to" 2) "Have to" is the modal verb to the phrasal verb "put off"???
"Are" is an auxiliary verb used with the present partici
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Another way of looking at this is:

BE + going to is a a semi-auxiliary used as one way of expressing futurity.
HAVE + to is a quasi-modal used as one way of expressing obligation.

I agree that the 'to' is not technically part of the verb, but it so so closely associated with it in these meanings that many learners find it useful to consider it part of the
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Anonymous"We´re going to have to put off the party".
Off is considered an adverb in the above sentence in Scandinavian grammar.

CB
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Cool BreezeOff is considered an adverb in the above sentence in Scandinavian grammar.
It was an adverb in English grammar when I was at school many years ago. It's now commonly labelled a particle in the phrasal verb 'put off'. Some grammarians today put it in an expanded preposition class.
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So the person who posted the question was right,

"are" is auxiliary, "have to" was modal and "put off" was verb phrasal?
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As we have told you, there are several ways of analysing this. However, 'have to' is not a modal.
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johnbytheseaSo the person who posted the question was almost right.
"are" is auxiliary, "have to" was a semi-modal and "put off" was verb phrasal a phrasal verb.
Yes, as modified.

CJ
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