Volcano1985  +  653901 Sun, 25 Jan 09 10:57 PM MODALS OF CERTAINTY DEGREE OF CERTAINTY She is a doctor. is + 100% He may be an architect. may be 80% He might be a civil engineer. might be 60% He could be an art professor. could be 40% She isn't a lawyer. is not - 100% Hello, I saw this on british council site I was taught could is more possiblier than may/might, but I see the opposite here.Was I taught wrong? Volcano1985 Joined on Sun, Apr 1 2007 Full Member 239 Modals

	rootlesstree  +  654251 Mon, 26 Jan 09 06:54 AM No, i don't think you were taught modals in a wrong way. I guess it also depends on the author they base their theory to support that. I studied modals with Alexander and also Quirk. According to what i remember and i was taught, the scale is: might may could can should will/would must to be but hey, i could be wrong.. i'll try to get some websites for you later on.. Cheers Rootless tree rootlesstree Joined on Tue, Jan 20 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina New Member 17 Modals, Plants, Online, Websites

	CalifJim  +  654703 Mon, 26 Jan 09 05:51 PM Volcano1985 “She is a doctor. is + 100% He may be an architect. may be 80% He might be a civil engineer. might be 60% He could be an art professor. could be 40% She isn't a lawyer. is not - 100% ” Volcano1985 “Was I taught wrong?” In my opinion, you were taught wrong.  Language is not mathematics.  If I were you, I would throw out all these percentages.  They're useless.  No native speaker ever computes the probabilities before using these modals.  Spend your time on more interesting matters. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,463 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Modals, Languages