http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aModals+tag%3aCapital+lettersSearch results for 'tag:Modals tag:Capital letters' matching tags 'Modals' and 'Capital letters'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3256.36449)http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionUsingWordBetter/2/gqgw/Post.htm#34212Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:38:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:34212taiwandaveMiriam, <br /> <br />The book is by Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey Pullum. <br /> <br />The capital letters in square brackets refer to a list of criteria on the preceding page concerning auxiliary verbs vs. modal auxiliaries. Here's the list: <br /> <br />AUXILIARY PROPERTIES <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-13.gif" alt="Angel [A]" /> Primary verb negation. <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-22.gif" alt="Beer [B]" /> Subject-auxiliary inversion <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-44.gif" alt="Coffee [C]" /> Emphatic polarity <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-46.gif" alt="Drinks [D]" /> Stranding <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-57.gif" alt="Email [E]" /> Exclusion of "do" in code <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-66.gif" alt="Rose [F]" /> Precede adverb/quantifier <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-51.gif" alt="Gift [G]" /> Negative forms <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-11.gif" alt="Cool [H]" /> Reduced forms <br /> <br />MODAL AUXILIARY PROPERTIES <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-55.gif" alt="Idea [I]" /> Only primary forms <br />[J] No agreement <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-65.gif" alt="Kiss [K]" /> Only bare infinitival complement <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-64.gif" alt="Heart [L]" /> Can occur in remote apodosis <br />[M] Modally remote preterite in main clause <br /> <br />Examples are given for each item which I've omitted for brevity.