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Hi e 1 I ll do what I think is right 2 I ll do it which I think is right i pronoun functioning as subject will is modals OK although I d call it an auxiliary verb do main verb what is think is right is direct object OK I d call it a subordinate noun clause If you want to you can analyse each word...

e 1 I ll do what I think is right 2 I ll do it which I think is right i pronoun functioning as subject will is modals do main verb what is think is right is direct object the second sentence i pronoun functioning as subject will modals do main verb it diect object which i think is right object...

Balance The simple explanation of Americanization also does not apply to all cases Strangest of all is the observation that the semi modals which have been strongly associated with American English are observed to less common in American than in British English in both sets of corpora Hence there...

Aside Americans does this comment vex you The Americanization of British English is suggested by the modal auxiliary profiles here British English appears to follow American English where the decline of modals is further advanced both in the 1961 and the 1991 data In addition to American...

lt lt No there is no necessity for me to write to Visser and there is no external command or direction I say I have to because I want to write to Visser gt gt Ah so you re using have to epistemically there are you I was focusing more on the deontic sense of have to have object to V Isn t the...

t3K lt Examples of modal forms where the obligation is clear from the words alone See Cal Jim s post http www englishforums com English VerbFormAppearsConfusing whlh post htm lt lt BE TO VERB often MUST VERB The construction has features of both futurity and obligation gt gt

Hi Would you say that the underlined modal could denotes possibility something like could happen in this sentence And the modal can sort of denotes ability Can you think of anything more wonderful that could happen to you than receiving Christ Would you say that the use of would be able to and...

Thank you The example of the modal would use with an ellipted if clause I was thinking of in this sentence I got from a good search is the underlined part of the sentence Which of the two starting points someone would choose may serve to from the search sentence below From the google book search...

Anon It could be interpreted as a modal form but the case grammatically for that is weak since it depends not on the words but the manner of speaking them Examples of modal forms where the obligation is clear from the words alone The job must be done The job had better be doneThe job should be...

To be done can have two uses can t it 1 the salad is yet to be done completed pending non modal 2 this job is to be done or I ll see why pending modal obligation