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Is this imperative sentence wrong: “Make sure you wouldn't use the stairs”?

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up vote 1 down vote favorite In making a list of school rules, one of my students wrote the sentence "Make sure you wouldn't use the stairs." I feel that using the imperative "Make sure" followed by the modal verb "would't" is wrong, but I don't know of any rule that explicitly states this. Can anyone provide more information on this, please? modal-verbs subjunctive-mood imperative share | improve this question asked Nov 13 at 6:16 Michael Daniel 6 1 ...