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Avangi Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Modal?

Could someone please offer a good, general, all-purpose definition of "modal," as we use it here?

Many thanks, - A.
  

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org/wiki/Modal_auxiliary%20 itself. Also see auxilliary verb. org/wiki/Modal_auxiliary

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  • org/wiki/Modal_auxiliary%20 itself.
  • Also see auxilliary verb.
  • org/wiki/Modal_auxiliary
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Wiki has a good definition in as well as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_auxiliary%20itself. . Also see auxilliary verb.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki
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Thanks, Ms. Stars. Those are helpful. Yet it seems I hear the term also used when auxilliaries are not involved. I don't have examples at the moment. I was hoping for something more general. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

Thanks again, - A.
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