Timeline for What is the present perfect form of verb can?
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| Aug 22, 2016 at 15:34 | vote | accept | Alex Aparin | ||
| Aug 22, 2016 at 14:39 | answer | added | LawrenceC | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 12:20 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | You wouldn't normally use the perfect form I have been able to do X unless the end result of doing it had particular relevance to the time of speaking. For most contexts it's more likely you'd just say I was able to do it. We tend not to say I could do it with this exact sense, because it drags in unwanted ambiguities. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 12:04 | comment | added | Alex Aparin | Yes, I think it is what I search | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:59 | comment | added | BillJ | As a workaround, you could say "Yes, I've been able to do x" | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:54 | comment | added | Alex Aparin | @BillJ, Yes, I know that. But I want to find not modal verb, which can represent my intention. It seems like that usage verb be is solution (as comment above) | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:49 | comment | added | BillJ | The modal verbs like "can" do not have past participles, so they are unable to form the perfect tense. The perfect requires the perfect auxiliary "have" + past participle. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:46 | comment | added | Alex Aparin | Can I do not specify type of action? for example: Have you solved task? Yes, I have been able. | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:42 | comment | added | Glorfindel♦ | Yes, I have been able to? | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:42 | history | edited | Glorfindel♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2016 at 11:35 | history | asked | Alex Aparin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |