Top answer
Can ... speak Can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must and ought are defective/modal auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs. They always take a plain/bare infinitive except ought , which takes an infinitive with 'to': You ought to see it.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
0
Can ... speak
Can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must
and ought are defective/modal auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs. They always take a plain/bare infinitive except ought, which takes an infinitive with 'to': You ought to see it.
Speaks is not an infinitive; it's a present tense 3rd person singular verb
Can, could; shall, should; will, would; may, might; must
and ought are defective/modal auxiliaries or auxiliary verbs. They always take a plain/bare infinitive except ought, which takes an infinitive with 'to': You ought to see it.
Speaks is not an infinitive; it's a present tense 3rd person singular verb
00