How To Use Modal verb In A Sentence
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The modal auxiliaries or modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will would, must.
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Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.
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Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.
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Secondly, all the various kinds of modality can be expressed (some more idiomatically than others) without the use of the modal verbs.
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At Astrakhan State Pedagogical University, located in the Volga River delta, Maya Ryashchina has found three patterns: noun plus postpositive, as in hands-on manager and heads-up tennis; verb plus postpositive, as in drive-by killing; and a modal verb plus infinitive, as in can-do mentality, must-have wine and must-see film.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
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The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.
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Just as the past tense ampliates the subject to include past as well as present supposita, modal verbs ampliate the subject to possible supposita, as do verbs such as ‘I understand’, ‘I believe’, and indeed, notes Albert of Saxony, verbal nouns ending in ‘-bile’: ‘possible’, ‘audible’, ‘credible’, ‘capable of laughter’ and so on.
Medieval Theories: Properties of Terms
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That minimum is represented in English by verbs such as must and ought, which are modal verb with no preterite (inflected past tense).
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Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.
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The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.
