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Never Give Up I am late. I was going to report a writing yesterday, which is about durian and Stinky tofu, (I like the two foods and I wanted to talk about some others' opions yesterday. ) But,when I was about to write it, the electricity was off,and my smartphone would run out of its power, too.So, I missed the reporting that should be done yesterday. I heard a story about West Point that every student in West Point is not allowed to say any reason to explain for themselves when they make mistakes and the drillmaster asks they why. I know that because West Point wants every student to undertake responsibilities and never give up. I am explaining for myself now,but I never give up.

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Never Give Up

I am late. I was going to write a report yesterday about durian and Stinky tofu, (I like the two foods and I wanted to talk about some others' opinions yesterday. ) But,when I was about to write it, the electricity was off,and my smartphone had run out of power, (had a flat battery)too. So, I missed the reporting that should have been done yesterday.
I heard a story about West Point that every student in West Point is not allowed to give any reason to explain themselves when they make mistakes and the drillmaster asks them why. I know that because West Point wants every student to undertake responsibilities and never give up.
I am explaining for myself now,but I will never give up.

Hello Hannah,

So we can expect the report on Durian and Stinky Tofu today?

If you want to use a modal in the past you use modal + have + past participle, the correct collocation is 'to  give a reason'

Best wishes

Bob

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