Matthew Wai
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It must be in the base form if used after a modal verb.I understand "Have" will always be used in base form. Am I correct?
It must be in the base form if used after a modal verb.I understand "Have" will always be used in base form. Am I correct?
It must be in the base form if used after a modal verb.
No. "The sales targets have been missed three months in a row."
Because "would have been easily list out" is wrong and has no meaning.
No, it doesn't mean that. I think that part of your problem is that you are taking elements of one sentence and trying to use them in a different kind of sentence..
Start with the basics and build up:
2c. It would be easy for me to list six things tomorrow (if I had time).
2d. It would have been easy for me to list six things yesterday(if I had had time).
3a/b. I can list six things now/ every day/tomorrow.
3c. I could list six things now/every day/tomorrow (if I had time).
3d. I could have listed six things yesterday. (if I had had time).
Have you any questions about any of these?
You could say "I would have been easily able to list six things."
The 's' in red means the 's' is wrong.
I think you are right.I understand modal verb is could, would, might etc and after that "have" will be used as a base form. Am I correct?
I think you are wrong, because the main verb in the sentence below is 'been', which is not the base form.Does base form mean "main verb"?
"I would have been easily able to list six things."
No, it doesn't mean that. I think that part of your problem is that you are taking elements of one sentence and trying to use them in a different kind of sentence..
Start with the basics and build up:
1a. I list six things every day.
1b. I will list three things tomorrow.
1c. I would list six things now/every day/tomorrow (if I had time).
1d. I would have listed six things yesterday (if I had had time).
2a. It is easy for me to list six things every day.
2b. It will be easy for me to list six things tomorrow.
2c. It would be easy for me to list six things tomorrow (if I had time).
2d. It would have been easy for me to list six things yesterday(if I had had time).
Have you any questions about any of these?
It is because 'able' is an adjective and 'list' is a verb.3)My original sentence was: I would have been easily list out six things. (this is wrong) and the correct sentence is "I would have been easily able to list six things." I could not understand still that why my original construction was wrong.