Content INTRODUCTION 3 MODAL VERBS 7
Can 11
may 18
we can compare may and can 24
must 25
must and may compared 28
to have to 29
to be to 31
must, to have to and to be to compared 32
ought to 34
Shall and should 35
shall 35
should 36
must, should and ought to compared 41
Should + perfect infinitive, ought to + perfect infinitive and was/were to + perfect infinitive compared 41
will 42
need 47
dare 48
Shouldn’t + Perfect Infinitive, oughtn’t to + Perfect Infinitive and needn’t + Perfect Infinitive compared 49
Final conclusion 50
BIBLIOGRAPHY 52
Introduction Modality is expression of speaker’s attitude to what his utterance denotes.
The speaker’s judgment may be of different kinds, that is, the speaker may express various modal meanings. Modal verbs unlike other verbs, do not denote actions or states, but only show the attitude of the speaker towards the action expressed by the infinitive in combination with which they form compound modal predicates. These modal verbs may show that the action (or state, of process, or quality) is viewed by the speaker as possible, obligatory, doubtful, certain, permissible, advisable, requested, prohibited, ordered etc. ............
