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Now this is an interesting comment: Exhibit A Milky wrote: In the article, I believe that the journalist is either reporting Anne's words in a semi-direct fashion (i.e. objectivised deontic modality) or is expressing his her own conclusion of the interview. The sentence you call...

<In context, it's clear that external circumstances have constrained the single mothers to return to work, e.g. "Some have to go back to work out of financial necessity only two or three months after their babies are born." > Yes, that's showing external pressure. <Clearly, the...