Grammaticle case for "Things that could be"

No idea what you're talkig about, Kim. Could you tell us more?

What I am trying to find out is if there is a name for the tense or case that you use when talking about things that could be, suppositions, the unknown, possibilety etc.

I am looking for a collective name for sentences in that state.

No, English does not have such a tense, case, aspect, mood, person or number.

Mister MicawberNo, English does not have such a tense, case, aspect, mood, person or number.

Hi MM,

Why not? What about "he may go to the party tomorrow?" Isn't it telling you about the possibility?

Regards

That is not a tense, case, aspect, mood, person or number. If you wish to answer this poster, then please do so directly. I would be happy for you to field the question.

Hi,

Don't you agree that there's a difference between saying "he's coming to the party tomorrow" and "he may / might come to the party tomorrow?" We use modals like may / might to indicate the possibility of a certain act.

And yes, it obviously changes the mood of the sentence.

Let's take an example.

M: Have you heard about John's party?

Y: Of course I

Hi,

You can find more details about modals on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_verb

P.S. Mister Micawber, I still haven't figured out why you said what you said. But it doesn't matter anymore.

Regards

Thanks guys for pointintg me in the right direction. I guess what I was after are epistemic and deontic modals.

Hi,

I'm glad to hear you've finally found what you were looking for.

Regards