Abstract: This paper probes into the long lasting question about whether there are tense forms with the English modal verbs.By means of form analysis,semantic analysis and by applying the principles of diachronic linguistics and synchronic linguistics,the author thinks that,like all the other verbs in English,English modal verbs do have their tense forms respectively
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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