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Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

A HALLMARK for correctness in English grammar is subject-verb agreement, which demands that in a sentence, the subject and verb must always agree in number. If the subject is singular, its verb must ...

Many years ago, I was surprised but delighted to receive an email from a columnist of a Manila-based daily asking these two perplexing grammar questions: ...