A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order...
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Appendix:English modal verbs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly...
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so as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany an infinitive verb or a participle, which respectively...
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with auxiliary verbs, such as was going and would have gone They can be used to express tense (time reference), aspect, mood, modality and voice, in various...
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Shall and will (redirect from Will (modal verb))
Shall and will are two of the English modal verbs. They have various uses, including the expression of propositions about the future, in what is usually...
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forms of verbs, ending in -ing, are always regular. In English, these are used as verbs, adjectives, and nouns.) In the case of modal verbs the present...
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verbs are a small set of English verbs, which include the English modal auxiliary verbs and a few others.: 19 : 11–12 Although the auxiliary verbs of...
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below). The copular verb be is highly irregular, with the forms be, am, is, are, was, were, been and being. On the other hand, modal verbs (such as can and...
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tense of strong verbs also showed different ablaut grades in singular and plural. Many of the preterite-present verbs function as modal verbs (auxiliaries...
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constructions, a modal verb or a certain type of auxiliary verb also may function as a finite verb. Modal verbs and auxiliary verbs mark the abovementioned...
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endings of the weak verbs. In addition, most modal verbs have a change of vowel in the singular. When a modal verb is in use, the main verb is moved to the...
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verbs (such as the modal auxiliaries) lack most inflection. Irregular verbs in Modern English include many of the most common verbs: the dozen most frequently...
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nuances of modals' use. In many languages modal categories are expressed by verbal morphology – that is, by alterations in the form of the verb. If these...
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typically considered within a class apart from modal verbs and defective verbs. In the following sentences, verbs are used without a direct object: "Rivers...
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non-finite verb form may constitute: an infinitive verb, including the auxiliary verb have — within a verb phrase that is predicated by a modal verb (e.g....
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the bathroom." When using modal verbs, one can use either the modal verb in the preterite or the auxiliary (haben for all modals): Es hatte regnen müssen...
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most studied phenomena in formal semantics. (a) grammatically: through modal verbs (e.g., English: may, might, must; German: sollen: Er soll ein guter Schachspieler...
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English auxiliary verbs, i.e. helping verbs, which include Modal verbs and Semi-modal verbs. See also auxiliary verbs, light verbs, and catenative verbs....
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Grammatical aspect (redirect from Verb aspect)
governed by modal verbs to express various meanings, mostly combining modality with past reference: "I should have eaten" etc. In particular, the modals will...
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Tense–aspect–mood (redirect from Tense modality aspect)
perfect, and they use modal auxiliary verbs. The simple forms, the first part of the non-modal compound form, and possibly the modal auxiliaries, are usually...
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some may argue these verbs serve both as present modal verbs and future tense markers. The will/shall future consists of the modal verb will or shall together...
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German language (category Verb-second languages)
requires a verbal element (main verb, modal verb or auxiliary verb as finite verb) to appear second in the sentence. The verb is preceded by the topic of...
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Dravidian. Auxiliary verb Compound modifier Converb Modal verb Periphrasis Phrasal verb Stretched verb Serial verb Verb phrase "Types of Verbs". blogspot. Milagros...
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English conditional sentences (category Linguistic modality)
verb phrase ellipsis; a minimal conditional sentence could therefore be something like "Would you?" or "I would." This phenomenon is known as modal subordination...
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regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. A verb whose...
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Dutch grammar (section Modal Verbs)
modal verbs not present in English is that speakers tend to omit the infinitive verb gaan ("go"), komen ("come"), and similar verbs when a modal verb...
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semi-modal verb that consists of a form of the copula verb be, the word going followed by the word "to", for instance is going to. Like other modals, it...
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Mackem (section Modal verbs)
indefinite article is used with one in certain contexts. Modals can and will as well as the verb de (do) have uncontracted negative forms. The use of dinnet...
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Modal words are words in a language that express modality, i.e., possibility, necessity, or contingency. One kind of modal word is the modal verb (should...
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