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!scope="col" | future / certainty | !scope="col" | future / certainty | ||
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Revision as of 01:19, 2 April 2011
Modal verbs in English
capability / possibility
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can | could |
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future / certainty | will | would |
value judgement / necessity | shall | should |
possibility | may | might |
logical necessity / certainty | must | must |
Odd hybrids
dare
need
periphrastics with to
ought to / needs to
be able to
etc.