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Old 10-Dec-2007, 16:06
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Itz "be"

who voted for "to be"???
lolz...
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Itz "be"

who voted for "to be"???
lolz...
It's

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Old 05-Mar-2008, 19:20
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^ I agree.
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She can be there is only correct
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Old 01-Jun-2008, 20:32
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can=to helping verbs
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Hi, here is The French,

one easy question for English. Some people, say on theirs anwers that after modal verbs we must put the verb in the infinitive form (without to).

But for "ought to" is it the same rule?

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Hi, here is The French,

one easy question for English. Some people, say on theirs anwers that after modal verbs we must put the verb in the infinitive form (without to).

But for "ought to" is it the same rule?
At the risk of somebody finding examples of the use of "ought to" that contradict me, I say yes.
ENGLISH PAGE - Ought to

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" be" is the correct answer :)
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I think
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Old 14-Nov-2009, 20:33
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