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For questions about the perfect, a construction generally formed in English with a form of "have" followed by a past participle. The English perfect may be classified either as a grammatical "aspect" or "tense".
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"MODAL + HAVE BEEN + ING VERB" expresses an ongoing action which finished or lasts from the ...
There is a missing knowledge of Tenses in Modals in English grammar textbooks.
Ok, we know that "Present Perfect Continuous" is used to express a duration from the past until now.
Ex: They have be …
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What are the differences between "May" & "Might" / "May have" & "Might have" in strict English?
The more I learn about Modals, the more confused I get. English Modals are very unstructured or adhere to a rigorous structure & that makes foreigners hard to understand them.
According to oxforddicti …
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