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Redkiddy Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

modals

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01b01u00Modals02u02b00 00: Can, Could, May, Might, Should, Ought to, Must, Would, Will, Shall02br
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01b01u00Semi-modals02u02b00 00:00 01b00Dare, Need, Have to, Used to02b02br
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01b01u00Others00 02u00 00:02b00 01b00Had Better, be Supposed to, be Used to, be Accustomed to etc.02b02br
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01b00Why we call semi-modals and others instead of saying all of them modal??????(It was taken from a grammar book)02b0-
  

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0 Hi redliddy02br 02br 00I am not so sure what to say about your 'Others' group but the difference between 'Modals' and 'Semi-modals' is very clear. 02br 02br 00With the modals you 01b 00never02b 00 use 01i 00do02i 00 in questions and negations:02br 01i 00I can't swim. )02br 00Should I go there?

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  • 0 Hi redliddy02br 02br 00I am not so sure what to say about your 'Others' group but the difference between 'Modals' and 'Semi-modals' is very clear.
  • 02br 02br 00With the modals you 01b 00never02b 00 use 01i 00do02i 00 in questions and negations:02br 01i 00I can't swim.
  • )02br 00Should I go there?
  • )02br 02i 02br 00With the semi-modals you have a choice, at least many grammarians think so:02br 01i 00Dare he do it?
  • 02br 00I need not go there.
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0 Hi redliddy02br
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00I am not so sure what to say about your 'Others' group but the difference between 'Modals' and 'Semi-modals' is very clear. I have always called 'modals' defective auxiliaries, by the way, but I do know that your term is also used.02br
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00With the modals you 01b00never02b00 use 01i00do02i
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1b01u00Others 02u00 :02b00 01b00Had Better, be Supposed to, be Used to, be Accustomed to etc.02b02br
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01b00others = modal idioms02b02br
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01b00"Why we call semi-modals and others instead of saying all of them modal" 02b02br
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