modals

• “Maybe my way of using the remote/past forms of modals, is the general British English way of using them.”

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• “Slide 22: modals Verbs are also often accompanied by  verb-like words called modals (may, could, should, etc.)  auxiliaries (do, have, will, etc.)  to give them different meanings ”

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• “Other than that, none of the modals are markedly formal.”

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• “Note how often they collocate with verbs like claim, deny, suggest, suspect, as well as with modals like may.”

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• “For example, in my context of Argentina (where the L1 is Castellano), the very typical erroneous production of verbs following modals with the ‘to infinitive’ is, I think, overgeneralization/carelessness by the teacher not specifying bare infinitive for the form.”

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• “Memorize the modals, accept the structures, and move on.”

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• “This was, incidentally, months before she would have encountered modals for past criticism in the syllabus.”

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• “I would only add that both will and going to (like most modals or modal phrases) are used to express two kinds of meanings: 1. meanings related to how we see the likelihood of events (sometimes called extrinsic, or epistemic, modality); and meanings related to how we intervene in, or exert change on, events (intrinsic or deontic modality).”

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• “I have had trouble getting advanced ss to actively use other modals than would/will in conditionals, which natives do all the time and it gives a more precise meaning.”

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• “Could you please someday elaborate on the double modals?”

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