Difference between revisions of "Modality"
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![[can / could | can]] | ![[can / could | can]] | ||
! could | ! could | ||
| + | |scope="col" | capability / possibility | ||
|- | |- | ||
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! will | ! will | ||
! would | ! would | ||
| + | |scope="col" | future / certainty | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | + | ||
! shall | ! shall | ||
! should | ! should | ||
| + | |scope="col" | value judgement / necessity | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | + | ||
! may | ! may | ||
! might | ! might | ||
| + | |scope="col" | possibility | ||
|- | |- | ||
|scope="col" | logical necessity / certainty | |scope="col" | logical necessity / certainty | ||
| − | !must | + | !scope="row" colspan="2"|must |
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Revision as of 00:33, 2 April 2011
Modal verbs in English
| can | could | capability / possibility |
|---|---|---|
| will | would | future / certainty |
| shall | should | value judgement / necessity |
| may | might | possibility |
| logical necessity / certainty | must | |
Odd hybrids
dare
need
periphrastics with to
ought to / needs to
be able to
etc.
