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| − | Modals are a type of auxiliary that expresses the [[Mood (definition)]] of a sentence, | + | Modals are a type of auxiliary that expresses the [[Mood (definition)]] of a sentence, such as notions of obligation, likelihood or necessity. In English, modal auxiliaries include ''must, may, might, can, could, shall, should, will,'' and ''ought''. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| − | [[Auxiliary (definition)]] | + | *[[Auxiliary (definition)]] |
| + | *[[Mood (definition)]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsMoodAndModality.htm | ||
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_verb | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_verb | ||
Latest revision as of 05:34, 15 June 2012
Modals are a type of auxiliary that expresses the Mood (definition) of a sentence, such as notions of obligation, likelihood or necessity. In English, modal auxiliaries include must, may, might, can, could, shall, should, will, and ought.
See Also
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful
References
- Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
