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you can collect it vs you can collected it

The correct phrase is "you can collect it." The verb "collect" should be in the base form (infinitive) after modal verbs like "can." The second phrase, "you can collected it," is incorrect because the verb is in the past participle form, which is not appropriate after a modal verb.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 1623 views

you can collect it

This phrase is correct. The verb "collect" is in the base form (infinitive) after the modal verb "can."

This phrase is used to indicate the ability or permission to gather or assemble something.

Examples:

  • You can collect it from the store tomorrow.
  • You can collect it after the meeting.
  • Can I collect it from your office?
  • She can collect it on her way home.
  • They can collect it from the reception desk.
  • You can collect it at the 12th Precinct.
  • You can collect it at the 12th Precinct.
  • You can collect the signatures either on paper or online.
  • Let me fire you so you can collect unemployment.
  • You can collect your money next Tuesday.
  • You can collect her next Friday.
  • - You can collect your purchases directly.
  • And anything else you can collect.
  • You can collect off my insurance.
  • This way you can collect the germs from the mouth.
  • All so you can collect your bounty.
  • This has been likened to taking out insurance on your neighbour's house and then hoping it burns down so you can collect the insurance.
  • You can collect the paperwork for an expedited processing request at my office between 11:45 and 3:15.
  • And then you can collect up the man's cart.
  • I have a couple of forms for you to sign before you can collect your inheritance.
  • In the early morning, you can collect dewdrops from leaves that were carefully laid out the previous evening.
  • Miss? The boss says he's sorry and if you go upstairs you can collect your money.
  • Now, you can collect your insurance and get all that money back your Muslim brothers have lost.
  • So you can collect my DNA?
  • Now let's go back to my place so you can collect your prize.

Alternatives:

  • You are able to collect it.
  • You have the option to collect it.
  • You may collect it.
  • You could collect it.
  • You might collect it.

you can collected it

This phrase is incorrect. The verb "collected" is in the past participle form, which is not appropriate after a modal verb like "can."

  • Or someone else collected it for me.
  • The CSI who collected it was detained by the feds.
  • Yes. I collected it from Constance's room.
  • I collected it before it was washed away.
  • No, my wife has just collected it.
  • He thinks it might be our guy that collected it.
  • I collected it, this morning, from her place.
  • I collected it, this morning, from her place.
  • Here I collected it, nobody should risk their life because they can't pay for pizza.
  • He took a drop of blood from each and every man and collected it in the cup.
  • Depending on the amount of data collected it might take a while to complete this command.
  • In selecting agricultural holdings and analysing and evaluating the data collected it is necessary to refer to data derived from other sources.
  • We left it where the kidnappers asked, only they never collected it.
  • My ex-wife must've collected it all.
  • Now, if you're interested in raw data, I've collected it all together for you to read in the back.
  • And you collected it from your mother's last night?
  • Whereas in order to ensure that the tax debt is eventually collected it should be possible for checks to be carried out in production and storage facilities;
  • In future, if one million signatures from 'a significant number of Member States' can be collected it will be possible to submit a European citizens' initiative to the Commission calling on it to draw up a legislative proposal.
  • Approved laboratories where samples collected within the programme are analysed.
  • The milk is collected, delivered and processed daily.

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