By Images, Modals

Dear teachers, In the exercise above there was something missing that could have helped us find the right tenses at the end of the passage. Here it is, and what do you think of my choices, please?ON the morning I arrived I went to call ON Hislop. He (modal + not + pretend) COULD NOT PRETEND he...

Ok, I got it but I don't know how to put the link here so i'll just paste the context here. This was given by CalifJim as response to the subject "Conditional with Modal Verbs"... Strictly speaking, the modals are not tensed. However, they developed historically...

<And this one, which advocates the imposition of ideology:> Did Mr P miss the modal? <<Learning English should be fun for all involved, not a battle to win hearts and minds...>> Anyone interested in getting back to the discussion on ownership? <<< ...

< Milky wrote: I have agreed that certain BE speaking individuals do not follow the must subjective/have to objective line and that their use may be either regional, idiolectic, or influenced by AE use. This is like saying "All swans are white, except the ones that...

Interesting poll results from Wordreference forums on "have to" vs "must". True - I believe they are interchangeable. 11 26.83% False - I do not believe they are interchangeable. 30 73.17%