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cherry maltezidou

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is the a reason why the modal perfect is formed:

"He may have + past participle" and not "He may has + past participle" as the Simple Present Perfect does?:roll:
 

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Modals are always followed by a bare infinitive:

He may come..... he may be coming..... he may have come .....he may have been coming
 

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is the a reason why the modal perfect is formed:

"He may have + past participle" and not "He may has + past participle" as the Simple Present Perfect does?:roll:
Modals are always followed by the bare infinitive.
 

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There is no significance in my use of the indefinite article and bhai's of the definite - except that, by typing two fewer letters than bhai, I beat him to the draw. ;-)
 
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