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Mister Micawber wrote:I see no grammatical form or semantic meaning in had have had, I don't dispute you, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. And I can infer semantic meaning. Presumably that's because I'm used to hearing both versions, and I distinguish between them automatically. ...

Hello, milky (The question is ... I'm not sure if we could call the speaker's plan or decision as internal evidence.) You misunderstand me. There's immediate internal and external evidence that help choose "going to" and then, for other expressions, there' plans and intentions. This is not...

That's because you are trying to imagine it as said by someone. we are only trying to find perceptual paraphrases to help us learn modal auxiliaries. Hmm. In that case, I find this difficult to accept as a paraphrase of 'you will go' : 1. Given my perception of the immediate situation, it is...

... thank you, milky! you're an English teacher, right ...? (I'm not good at English, and I always use these modal auxiliary verbs in my own way, as I like it ! I've got great help from your discussion.) You've asked: Umm ...on the speaker's intention, I'd say. And at the very least, this...

1. Given my perception of the immediate situation, it is inevitable that you will go. 2. You will go. Now I have a different problem, though. The first sentence now reads like a 'highly qualified' version of sentence two. If someone said it to me, I would interpret it as a curious mixture of...

Hello, Milky and CalifJim. I haven't read Michael Lewis yet. But this question seems interesting. Will = Given my perception of the immediate situation, it is inevitable that ... Does this mean we should exclude will of ? And what's the difference between and ? I agree with you, Milky (and...

In his chapter on modal auxiliaries in The English Verb, Michael Lewis lists what he thinks are the basic semantic meanings for each. I cite those meanings below and ask if you agree with them. Please remember, we are talking about the basic semantic meaning. In context, these auxiliaries take...