“Anomalous Finites “

“Anomalous 

Are called sometimes : Auxiliary verbs, special finites or  modal auxiliaries .

First year students should be acquainted with the following :

Be, have , do , did, can, could,  must, shall, will

Second  year students should be acquainted with the following :

 should, would, may , might, ought to,

daren’t, needn’t, had better, would rather

 Have  conjugated without “ do “

 In American English  “have “ normally takes “ do “ for all its uses except Perfect tenses.

A)When meaning to  “possess” or “ own “ an object or a characteristic.

e.g:

My mother hasn’t any car

A circle hasn’t any corners

“Anomalous --- Have  “

Have  conjugated with “ do “

B) Causative    

e.g:

My mother didn’t have it mended

 We didn’t have the car washed 

Have  conjugated with “ do “

c) Meaning  to  “experience “    

e.g:

My mother did have a good time last night

 We didn’t have trouble to find it.

Have to   conjugated without or  with “ do “ replacing “Must”

D) Meaning  to  “Must “   

e.g:

     Have you to study  hard?

    Do you have to study hard ? 

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