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"I did not grew / grow up" - which one is the correct tense? [closed]
There are actually quite a few threads on the question of grew or grow up, but none with the verb did and the state "being poor" instead of a location, so I allow myself to ask it here. ...
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Modal Verbs and Sequence of Tenses
Should the clause “I would/should think” be followed by another also in the past, according to the rules of tense sequence?
I should think he was here [I think he is here now].
I should think the ...
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Modal verbs and Past Perfect
Is it possible to use modal verbs in Past Perfect?
I know we can use modal verb + perfect infinitive to talk about the past, e.g. I shouldn't have said that. This is Past Simple tense, isn't it?
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Can the modal auxiliary verbs be considered to be in the present tense (form, not meaning)?
According to Practical English Usage by Michael Swan, modal auxiliary
verbs do not normally have past tenses:
The modal auxiliary verbs are will, would, shall, should, can,
could, ought, may, ...
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Is saying "may have" incorrect?
I believe I've heard that might is the past tense of may. So you should say might have never may have.
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expressing uncertainty in the past: "could be" vs. "would have been"
Yesterday I wrote the below snippet in an email, but looking at it again it doesn't sound right:
Last term I did way too much teaching related stuff (my fault, didn’t really know how much time ...
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