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concordance des formes verbale et auxiliaire
la concordance s'applique aux verbes et aux auxiliaires
Chaque modal a une valeur prétérit :
will -> would
can -> could
may -> might
shall -> should
Sean Connery quits film project as Variety reports he may be retiring [ concordance au présent : quits -> reports -> may ]
Hollywood's industry newspaper, Variety, reported last night that Sean Connery had abruptly pulled out of his current film project and might be about to announce his retirement. [ concordance au prétérit : reported -> had -> might ]
Headline and §1, G,
30.9.2004,
Sharon hints that Arafat may be killed
Ariel Sharon has threatened that Yasser Arafat will meet the same fate as Hamas leaders
who
were assassinated earlier this year by the Israeli military.
In ambiguous comments to Israeli newspapers to mark the
Jewish new year, the prime minister said he intends to force the Palestinian
leader into exile. But he also hinted that
Mr Arafat might be killed.
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