friends, i'll shortly be taking a TEFL course and then continuing on to work as a teacher and would like to familiarize myself with the basic rules/issues before leaving (i don't leave for months) and am soliciting recommendations for

if you want to fix you grasp of modal verbs you might find the little quizzes on this website helpful - http://www.englishpage.com/modals/

Dima's answer is definitely NOT correct. These words like: could, may, might, etc are known as modal verbs and convey subtle variation in meaning that ppl may not all agree on - in this case "wouldn't" imples more of a choice, an exercise

Tony Mountifield (Email Removed) writes: John Lawler (Email Removed) writes: 3) *He doesn't may/can be home. I wondered if the * was put in anticipating the insertion of a footnote which was then forgotten, explaining that may and can

(...) I have always wondered why modal verbs in English do ... but English cannot say "to can", "to must", "to may". Ain't spoke to many cowboys lately, then, pardner? Not present, I agree, but "Useta

(...) I have always wondered why modal verbs in English do not have infinitive forms on the same stem. German has "können", "müssen", "dürfen", etc., but English cannot say "to can", "to

3) *He doesn't may/can be home. I wondered if the * was put in anticipating the insertion of a footnote which was then forgotten, explaining that may and can can't really be used as infinitives. I have always wondered why modal verbs in

What books would you recommend to learn more about the modal verbs? I've written here, on alt.english.usage and on uk.culture.language.english; ... I would need some reliable reference based on grammar (correct usage), and actual current usage

What books would you recommend to learn more about the modal verbs? I've written here, on alt.english.usage and on uk.culture.language.english; I've read tons of messages in the archive of this newsgroup (particularly a thread of 137

I need to make a research on modal verbs.I'm an english teacher from Romania and I need to make my licence on this. Can you help me??? << e-mail address removed - CJ >>