By British English, Modal verbs

Hello all,Modal verbs such as would, should, could are common usage in british english, and besides sounding polite, is there another grammatical reason for it? Thank you.

Re: The tenseless modals verbs of English Posted: 13/02/2005 09:52 PM JTT wrote: Every modal verb in English can operate in past, present and future situations. Modals carry modal meaning into sentences, they do not carry tense. "operate", yes. I agree. Both statements are true. I trust...