New answers tagged auxiliary-verbs
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Usage of "may" as a model auxillary verb and whatnot
With the fact that mostly we have unique grammatical structures for different contexts in English, I see it as a shortcoming in English grammar. How do you see it?
I agree that it's something of a ...
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"Should" and "have"
"... that philosophy should not yet have fixed..." is a dependent clause. Additionally it is indirect speech: The word "should" signals that the indirect discourse contains not a ...
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