English speakers we have to sort out the ‘had had’ situation. it’s frankly embarrassing to the language (sic)," lamented @achingkneejoint. However, what Merriam-Webster next sent the Internet over ...

Modal verbs are easy to spot because there are so few of them. In addition to must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may and might, we can add ought to and have to. If we are told that we 'must ...