Timeline for What is the past form of the modal verb "must"?
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| Jun 6, 2022 at 12:23 | history | edited | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 6, 2022 at 10:58 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Dang, that sure is some murky etymology! :) | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 13:31 | history | edited | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2022 at 13:24 | comment | added | John Lawler | @FumbleFingers Yes. I'll append the OED's etymology for mote v.1, which is interesting. | |
| Jun 5, 2022 at 11:35 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | You say must has to be considered to be Past, with a Present form that's missing. Am I wrong in thinking that "Freemason / Illuminati"-style So mote it be is a (now rare elsewhere) example of the archaic "Present Tense must"? | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 20:52 | history | edited | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 24, 2020 at 19:54 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | '... idiomatic, irregular, illogical, unpredictable, and constantly changing'. And we've only been in lockdown for 24 hours. | |
| Mar 24, 2020 at 19:18 | history | answered | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |